Find a Medicaid Dentist in South Carolina
2,370 dental providers are state-listed on South Carolina’s official Medicaid and CHIP dental submission, including 1,830 marked as accepting new patients. State-listed means on the roster, not a booking guarantee: call to confirm they take your plan.
South Carolina Medicaid dental coverage stats
Source: South Carolina’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 2026-07-09. Published rosters overstate active participation; studies phone-confirm roughly two-thirds of official listings. Always call the office to confirm.
Where South Carolina’s Medicaid dentists are
State-listed providers by city, from the most recent South Carolina submission.
South Carolina Medicaid & CHIP dental plans
Dentists participate per plan, not per program. When you call, name the specific plan on your card.
What South Carolina Medicaid pays dentists
Reimbursement shapes participation: states that pay dentists more list more of them. South Carolina’s published dental fee schedule (2026) covers 83 procedure codes.
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How do I find a dentist that takes Medicaid in South Carolina?
South Carolina lists 2,370 dental providers on its official Medicaid and CHIP submission to the federal InsureKidsNow locator. Coverage is deepest in Columbia, Greenville, Charleston. 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 South Carolina?
2,370 dental providers are state-listed for South Carolina 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 South Carolina Medicaid dentists accepting new patients?
1,830 of the 2,370 state-listed South Carolina 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 South Carolina 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 South Carolina Medicaid actually pays for common procedures on our South Carolina fee-schedule page, and confirm current adult coverage with the state program.
How current is this South Carolina Medicaid dentist list?
South Carolina's listings carry state update dates as recent as 2026-07-09. 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.