Medicaid dental directory

Find a Medicaid Dentist in Ohio

4,286 dental providers are state-listed on Ohio’s official Medicaid and CHIP dental submission, including 1,574 marked as accepting new patients. State-listed means on the roster, not a booking guarantee: call to confirm they take your plan.

Ohio Medicaid dental coverage stats

4,286
State-listed dental providers
1,574
Marked accepting new patients
17
Medicaid & CHIP dental plans
574
Pediatric dentists listed

Source: Ohio’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 2026-07-24. Published rosters overstate active participation; studies phone-confirm roughly two-thirds of official listings. Always call the office to confirm.

Where Ohio’s Medicaid dentists are

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

Cleveland
780 listed
Columbus
741 listed
Cincinnati
408 listed
Dayton
323 listed
Akron
301 listed
Toledo
273 listed
Canton
231 listed
Youngstown
192 listed
Cuyahoga Falls
176 listed
Dublin
164 listed
Elyria
155 listed
Medina
155 listed
Mentor
151 listed
Lorain
151 listed
Reynoldsburg
148 listed

Ohio Medicaid & CHIP dental plans

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

MyCare & Traditional Medicaid Anthem Blue Cross and Blue ShieldMyCare & Traditional Medicaid Buckeye Health PlanMyCare & Traditional Medicaid CareSourceMyCare & Traditional Medicaid Molina HealthCare of Ohio, Inc.MyCare & Traditional Medicaid United Healthcare Community Plan of OhioMyCare Aetna Better Health of OhioMyCare Buckeye Health PlanMyCare CareSourceMyCare Molina HealthCare of Ohio, Inc.Traditional Medicaid AmeriHealth Caritas Ohio, Inc.Traditional Medicaid Anthem Blue Cross and Blue ShieldTraditional Medicaid Buckeye Health PlanTraditional Medicaid CareSourceTraditional Medicaid Fee for ServiceTraditional Medicaid Humana Healthy Horizons in OhioTraditional Medicaid Molina HealthCare of Ohio, Inc.Traditional Medicaid United Healthcare Community Plan of Ohio

What Ohio Medicaid pays dentists

Reimbursement shapes participation: states that pay dentists more list more of them. Ohio’s published dental fee schedule (2025) covers 152 procedure codes.

See Ohio Medicaid dental rates

Ohio Medicaid dentist FAQ

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

Ohio lists 4,286 dental providers on its official Medicaid and CHIP submission to the federal InsureKidsNow locator. Coverage is deepest in Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati. 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 Ohio?

4,286 dental providers are state-listed for Ohio 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 Ohio Medicaid dentists accepting new patients?

1,574 of the 4,286 state-listed Ohio 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 Ohio 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 Ohio Medicaid actually pays for common procedures on our Ohio fee-schedule page, and confirm current adult coverage with the state program.

How current is this Ohio Medicaid dentist list?

Ohio's listings carry state update dates as recent as 2026-07-24. 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.