Dental care

We work with Liberty Dental to provide adults and children with dental and oral health care. You don’t need a referral to see a dentist in the network. And you can change your dentist or dental group any time during treatment.

For adults

Adults (ages 21+ for Medicaid and ages 20+ for CHIP) can get covered services, including:

• Check-ups (twice a year)
• Cleaning (every six months)
• X-rays (once a year)
• Dental restorative services (fillings, implants and crowns), with a $2000 per member per two benefit year limit (Medicaid members).  Benefit year begins annually on July 1.

For children

Children (under age 20) can get covered services, including: 

• Check-ups (twice a year)
• Cleaning (every six months)
• X-rays (once a year)

You can find a dentist: 

Just call your dentist. Go to the emergency room for medical emergencies when your life is in danger.

Find a dentist in emergencies

Is your dentist office closed? Or maybe you don’t have a dentist? To find a dentist, just call Liberty Dental at 1-800-267-6610 (TTY: 711). 

For emergency dental care, you can see any dentist. They don’t have to be in the network. You don’t need a referral or approval for emergencies.

Types of dental emergencies

Some examples are: 

• A broken natural tooth
• A lost filling or crown
• A permanent tooth is knocked out
• Very bad pain in the gum around a tooth 
• Mouth or face swelling or infection