The four-chair clinic, currently under construction, will be located at Mariners Landing in Edgartown, and is part of a larger expansion of the health care facility.

Island Health Care is receiving a $500,000 grant from MVYouth to establish a dental clinic in Edgartown to provide pediatric and adult services to Islanders with financial needs.

Island youth up to age 18 can schedule appointments now for the clinic to be held March 6.

The Martha’s Vineyard Hospital will close its dental clinic after the departure of its only dentist, a hospital spokesman confirmed.

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