The Connecticut Dental Health Partnership is the Dental Plan for HUSKY Health and is administered by BeneCare Dental Plans under a contract with the CT Department of Social Services. They maintain a list of dental providers that accept Medicaid and can assist with providing appointments at: https://ctdhp.org/find-a-dentist/ or by calling 855-CT-DENTAL (855-283-3682).​ A list of safety net provider facilitates that accept Medicaid can be found here.

Community Health Centers are nonprofit, health care practices located in medically underserved areas that provide high quality, primary health care in a culturally appropriate manner to anyone seeking care. Most locations accept Connecticut. Medicaid Find a Community Health Center here: https://www.chcact.org/find-health-center/.​

The UConn School of Dental Medicine offers a full range of comprehensive and specialized oral health care and accepts Connecticut's Medicaid: UConn Health Dental.

There are over 2,000 dentist in Connecticut and a majority work as private providers in a non-public health location. Some accept Medicaid, others accept only private insurance or do not accept any insurance. 

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• To determine if a private provider dentist accepts Medicaid check with the Connecticut Dental Health Partnership at: https://ctdhp.org/find-a-dentist/ or by calling 855-CT-DENTAL (855-283-3682).
   

• Find other private oral health care providers here:

  • American Dental Association​

  • Insurekidsnow.gov

There are several free or low-cost options for urgent or preventative care.

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• Connecticut Mission of Mercy, provides the underserved and uninsured with free dental care through an annual state-wide free clinic: https://cfdo.org/.
   

• CT Dental Hygiene Colleges often provide low-cost and free preventative oral health services as part of student training programs: CT Dental Hygiene Colleges.
   

• Other low-cost or free oral health services: 2-1-1 of Connecticut.