Medicaid dental directory

Find a Medicaid Dentist in Illinois

5,818 dental providers are state-listed on Illinois’s official Medicaid and CHIP dental submission, including 4,329 marked as accepting new patients. State-listed means on the roster, not a booking guarantee: call to confirm they take your plan.

Illinois Medicaid dental coverage stats

5,818
State-listed dental providers
4,329
Marked accepting new patients
6
Medicaid & CHIP dental plans
447
Pediatric dentists listed

Source: Illinois’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 2026-07-29. Published rosters overstate active participation; studies phone-confirm roughly two-thirds of official listings. Always call the office to confirm.

Where Illinois’s Medicaid dentists are

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

Chicago
2,095 listed
Aurora
143 listed
Naperville
116 listed
Elgin
114 listed
Rockford
109 listed
Joliet
102 listed
Arlington Heights
97 listed
Cicero
80 listed
Waukegan
78 listed
Oak Lawn
75 listed
Berwyn
72 listed
Skokie
71 listed
Orland Park
68 listed
Peoria
67 listed
Champaign
64 listed

Illinois Medicaid & CHIP dental plans

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

AetnaBlue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois - MedicaidCountyCareIllinois Health and Family Services - MedicaidMeridian Health Plan of IllinoisMolina Health Plan Molina Health Plan

What Illinois Medicaid pays dentists

Reimbursement shapes participation: states that pay dentists more list more of them. Illinois’s published dental fee schedule (2026) covers 192 procedure codes.

See Illinois Medicaid dental rates

Illinois Medicaid dentist FAQ

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

Illinois lists 5,818 dental providers on its official Medicaid and CHIP submission to the federal InsureKidsNow locator. Coverage is deepest in Chicago, Aurora, Naperville. 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 Illinois?

5,818 dental providers are state-listed for Illinois 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 Illinois Medicaid dentists accepting new patients?

4,329 of the 5,818 state-listed Illinois 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 Illinois 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 Illinois Medicaid actually pays for common procedures on our Illinois fee-schedule page, and confirm current adult coverage with the state program.

How current is this Illinois Medicaid dentist list?

Illinois's listings carry state update dates as recent as 2026-07-29. 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.