Adult Dental Services

Adult dental services cover dental treatments and procedures including diagnostic, preventive, and restorative treatment; extractions, endodontic, periodontal, and surgical procedures. The services strive to prevent or remedy dental problems that, if left untreated, could compromise a recipient’s health, by increasing the risk of infection or disease, or reducing food options, resulting in restrictive nutritional intake.  Emergency dental procedures to alleviate pain and or infection and full and partial dentures are covered by Medicaid’s state plan dental services.

Providers must:

• Be 18 years or older
• Be a dentist licensed in accordance with Chapter 466, F.S.
• Unlicensed dental interns and dental students of university-based dental programs can provide services under the general supervision of a licensed dentist, but cannot act as a treating provider or bill the Medicaid waiver for covered services