Medicaid dental directory

Find a Medicaid Dentist in Alabama

1,763 dental providers are state-listed on Alabama’s official Medicaid and CHIP dental submission, including 1,689 marked as accepting new patients. State-listed means on the roster, not a booking guarantee: call to confirm they take your plan.

Alabama Medicaid dental coverage stats

1,763
State-listed dental providers
1,689
Marked accepting new patients
2
Medicaid & CHIP dental plans
120
Pediatric dentists listed

Source: Alabama’s submission to the federal InsureKidsNow dentist locator, which every state Medicaid program is required to keep current (CMS-10291), including managed-care networks. Listings carry state update dates as recent as 2026-08-04. Published rosters overstate active participation; studies phone-confirm roughly two-thirds of official listings. Always call the office to confirm.

Where Alabama’s Medicaid dentists are

State-listed providers by city, from the most recent Alabama submission.

Birmingham
211 listed
Mobile
116 listed
Huntsville
114 listed
Montgomery
93 listed
Hoover
83 listed
Tuscaloosa
74 listed
Madison
58 listed
Florence
55 listed
Decatur
48 listed
Gadsden
46 listed
Cullman
44 listed
Auburn
41 listed
Fairhope
36 listed
Dothan
36 listed
Bessemer
35 listed

Alabama Medicaid & CHIP dental plans

Dentists participate per plan, not per program. When you call, name the specific plan on your card.

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What Alabama Medicaid pays dentists

Reimbursement shapes participation: states that pay dentists more list more of them. Alabama’s published dental fee schedule (2025) covers 131 procedure codes.

See Alabama Medicaid dental rates

Alabama Medicaid dentist FAQ

How do I find a dentist that takes Medicaid in Alabama?

Alabama lists 1,763 dental providers on its official Medicaid and CHIP submission to the federal InsureKidsNow locator. Coverage is deepest in Birmingham, Mobile, Huntsville. Being state-listed means the provider appears on the program's roster, not a guarantee they are taking new patients today. Call to confirm they accept your specific plan.

How many dentists accept Medicaid in Alabama?

1,763 dental providers are state-listed for Alabama Medicaid and CHIP. Published rosters overstate active participation (studies phone-confirm roughly two-thirds of official listings), so treat the number as a ceiling, not a count of dentists ready to book you in.

Are these Alabama Medicaid dentists accepting new patients?

1,689 of the 1,763 state-listed Alabama providers are marked as accepting new Medicaid patients in the state's most recent submission. That flag runs ahead of reality: panels close and staff change, so always call the office to confirm before booking.

Does Alabama Medicaid cover dental for adults?

Pediatric dental is federally mandated under EPSDT in every state; adult dental is an optional benefit each state funds independently. See what Alabama Medicaid actually pays for common procedures on our Alabama fee-schedule page, and confirm current adult coverage with the state program.

How current is this Alabama Medicaid dentist list?

Alabama's listings carry state update dates as recent as 2026-08-04. States are federally required to keep their InsureKidsNow submissions current, and ProviderSignal re-syncs the full national corpus quarterly. Listings still drift between updates, which is why every count on this page says call to confirm.