Medicaid dental directory

Find a Medicaid Dentist in Rhode Island

85 dental providers are state-listed on Rhode Island’s official Medicaid and CHIP dental submission. State-listed means on the roster, not a booking guarantee: call to confirm they take your plan.

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The complete Rhode Island roster behind this directory is a downloadable CSV on the Rates plan at $29 a month.

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Rhode Island Medicaid dental coverage stats

85
State-listed dental providers
2
Medicaid & CHIP dental plans
14
Pediatric dentists listed
6
Oral surgeons listed

Source: Rhode Island’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 2026-08-03. Published rosters overstate active participation; studies phone-confirm roughly two-thirds of official listings. Always call the office to confirm.

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Where Rhode Island’s Medicaid dentists are

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

Cranston
13 listed
Warwick
12 listed
Pawtucket
10 listed
Providence
7 listed
Woonsocket
6 listed
East Greenwich
5 listed
Newport
4 listed
Coventry
4 listed
Johnston
4 listed
North Providence
4 listed
Central Falls
3 listed
Wakefield
3 listed
Hope Valley
3 listed
Pascoag
3 listed
North Kingstown
2 listed

Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island Medicaid pays dentists

Reimbursement shapes participation: states that pay dentists more list more of them. Rhode Island’s published dental fee schedule (2025) covers 273 procedure codes.

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Work in billing or credentialing? The complete Rhode Island Medicaid network list is a downloadable CSV on the ProviderSignal Rates plan.

Rhode Island Medicaid dentist FAQ

How do I find a dentist that takes Medicaid in Rhode Island?

Rhode Island lists 85 dental providers on its official Medicaid and CHIP submission to the federal InsureKidsNow locator. Coverage is deepest in Cranston, Warwick, Pawtucket. 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 Rhode Island?

85 dental providers are state-listed for Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island Medicaid dentists accepting new patients?

Rhode Island's Medicaid submission marks every listed provider as accepting new patients, which usually reflects a submission default rather than office-by-office reality, so this page does not treat it as a signal. Call the office to ask whether they are taking new Medicaid patients.

Does Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island Medicaid actually pays for common procedures on our Rhode Island fee-schedule page, and confirm current adult coverage with the state program. Rhode Island Medicaid dental rates

How current is this Rhode Island Medicaid dentist list?

Rhode Island's listings carry state update dates as recent as 2026-08-03. 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.

Medicaid dentists in nearby states

Medicaid is state-specific: an out-of-state dentist usually can’t bill your plan, but if you’re moving or live near the border, these directories cover Rhode Island’s neighbors.