- Providing short term emergency medical assistance to those in need. If you're facing a medical emergency, AccessKC may be able to assist.
Services provided:
• Emergency dental care (fillings and extractions)
• Diabetic supplies
• Durable medical equipment (including hearing aids)
• Prescriptions (no controlled substances)
• Vision exam and eyeglasses - Visit AccessKC
- Phone: 816-276-7517
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Safety Net Dental Clinics
Safety net dental clinics are low-cost dental offices. These clinics can offer dental care for people with KanCare (Medicaid), private insurance, or no insurance at all. If you don't have insurance, these clinics will charge you less money based on your income.
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Safety Net Dental Clinics
Safety net dental clinics are low-cost dental offices. These clinics can offer dental care for people with KanCare (Medicaid), private insurance, or no insurance at all. If you don't have insurance, these clinics will charge you less money based on your income.
Dentists accepting KanCare (Medicaid)
KanCare (Medicaid) covers dental care for children and adults. Most dental care is covered for children, and services like fillings, crowns, dentures, and gum disease treatment are covered for adults.
Kansas Mission of Mercy
The Kansas Mission of Mercy (KMOM) is a special dental clinic that happens once a year in a different city in Kansas. This clinic is free and lasts for two days. Adults and children can get their teeth filled, cleaned, or pulled if needed. You don't need to meet any citizenship or income requirements You can just show up and get help on a first-come, first-served basis. If you or someone you know needs dental care, you can find more information on KMOM website. They will update the website with more details, including the next date and location.
Finding a dental office that is best for you and your child can be hard. This document lists 12 questions that can help.Questions to Ask When Looking for a Dental Office
Other Dental Resources
Click on the tabs below for information about other programs for which you may be eligible.
Adult
- The main clinical site is located on the Colby Community College campus where students learn under the close supervision of a licensed dentist and licensed hygienists. This clinic is open to the public and provides services at no cost. Services offered are below:
- Preventative care
- Public dental health services
- Oral cancer screenings
- Call 785-460-5438 to make an appointment for one of the services offered.
- Click here for the website.
- Concorde Career College has the ability to offer examinations, cleaning and x-rays to the community. They offer preventative dental services to the public for $20 (veterans and students of any age are always free). All services are supervised closely by instructors and staff dentists.Services offered are below:
- Oral health exams
- Dental cleanings
- Fluoride treatment
- Sealants
- Athletic mouth guards
- X-rays
- Call 816.595.2079 to make an appointment. Your first examination is free.
- FHTC’s Dental Hygiene program accepts appointments when classes are in session for dental cleanings and exams. All appointments are completed by hygiene students and overseen by a dentist and licensed hygienist. Exams are only $20 and free for college students and veterans.
- Call 620-341-1352 to make an appointment.
- Assists individuals with permanent disabilities, need medically necessary dental care, over 65 years old
- Visit https://dentallifeline.org/Kansas/ to see if you qualify and download an application. Not all counties qualify.
- All applications must be submitted through Anita Garbo, DDS Coordinator
- Phone: 785-273-1900 Email: agarbo@DentalLifeline.org. Fax: 785-273-1542
- Helps uninsured Shawnee County residents with a primary care provider participating in the Health Access Program
- Phone: 785-235-0996
- Visit Health Access Program for more information
- Help head and neck cancer patients live life fully during and after treatment by providing financial aid
- You must be under active treatment for head and neck cancer or been treated for head and neck cancer by an established oncologist
- You must meet income qualifications
- You must complete and submit the HNC Living Foundation Individual Application
- https://www.hncliving.org/
- Phone: 913-402-6028
- Only preventive services provided. Services cost $10 and is due at time of service
- Phone: 913-469-3808
- Visit Johnson County Community College Dental Hygiene Clinic for more information
- Donates medical care and dental care for uninsured, low-income residents of Sedgwick County, Kansas.
- Eligible patients must be referred by participating physicians and dentists throughout Sedgwick County.
- Visit www.centralplainshealthcarepartnership.org for more information.
- Offers cost-free dental care to women graduates of accredited job readiness and placement programs or other community-based agencies thus helping those who are helping themselves.
- Smiles for Success is affiliated with numerous job readiness programs in over 30 states.
- Smiles for Success no longer accepts applications directly from individuals. All applications must be submitted through a job readiness program.
- Visit smilesforsuccess.org for more information
- Listing of sliding-scale dental clinics in Kansas
- No insurance required, accepts Medicaid, payment for services based on income
- Visit www.communitycareks.org to find a clinic near you
• Click “Find a Clinic” to search by your location - Phone: 785-233-8483
- No insurance required, accepts Medicaid, emergency services available
- If you have KanCare, please call 816-235-2122 to discuss coverage benefits
- Phone: 816-235-2100 (General Clinic) or 816-235-2145 (Children's Clinic)
- https://dentistry.umkc.edu/
- Fees are based on individual patient treatment needs and range from $25 - $60. X-ray fees range from $10 - $30. Electronic copies of digital x-ray images are made available to you or your dental provider at no cost. Senior citizens and WSU students, faculty and staff are eligible for discounted services.
- Here is the list of services provided.
- Please call 316-978-3603 for more information.
Adult Sedation Dentistry
- Open every Friday
- Serve all ages with intellectual developmental disabilities, including community members who pass a screening to assure the disability
- Residents of KNI are first priority
- There is no fee
- Services provided: exams, cleanings, fillings, extractions
- NO dentures or other appliances
- Sedation services are now available through a private mobile agency that bills separately, but their services are usually covered by insurance (including Medicaid)
- Wait list: usually about two months, but they will move somebody up for emergencies
- Contact: Debbie Mesecher at 785-296-5377 or Deborah.Mesecher@ks.gov
- Ambulatory Surgery Center specializing in same-day, outpatient dental procedures under general sedation
- Adults with special needs up to age 60
- Medicaid Accepted, payment plans offered
- Se Habla Espanol
- Patient must meet medical requirements (BMI under 40%, cardiac and/or neuro clearance)
- Phone: 816- 235-3455
- Visit: https://bluecloudpsc.com/location/kc-childrens-surgery-center/, select the "Refer a Patient" tab
- If self-referral, please use "Self-Referral KS" on Dental Office line item on the submission form
Children
- Helps uninsured Shawnee County residents with a primary care provider participating in the Health Access Program
- Phone: 785-235-0996
- Visit Health Access Program for more information
- Help head and neck cancer patients live life fully during and after treatment by providing financial aid
- You must be under active treatment for head and neck cancer or been treated for head and neck cancer by an established oncologist
- You must meet income qualifications
- You must complete and submit the HNC Living Foundation Individual Application
- https://www.hncliving.org/
- Phone: 913-402-6028
- Only preventive services provided. Services cost $10 and is due at time of service
- Phone: 913-469-3808
- Visit Johnson County Community College Dental Hygiene Clinic for more information
- Providing short term emergency medical assistance to those in need. If you're facing a medical emergency, the Medicine Cabinet may be able to assist
Services provided:
• Emergency dental care (fillings and extractions)
• Diabetic supplies
• Durable medical equipment (including hearing aids)
• Prescriptions (no controlled substances)
• Vision exam and eyeglasses - Visit https://kcmedicinecabinet.org
- Phone: 816-276-7517
- Donates medical care and dental care for uninsured, low-income residents of Sedgwick County, Kansas
- Eligible patients must be referred by participating physicians and dentists throughout Sedgwick County
- Visit www.centralplainshealthcarepartnership.org for more information
- Discounted braces program for kids
- Children and families are welcome to apply for treatment through SCL, regardless of where in the U.S. they reside
- SCL works with families and treatment providers throughout the U.S. and Canada
- Visit www.smileschangelives.org
- Listing of sliding-scale dental clinics in Kansas
- No insurance required, accepts Medicaid, payment for services based on income
- Visit www.communitycareks.org to find a clinic near you
• Click “Find a Clinic” to search by your location - Phone: 785-233-8483
- No insurance required, accepts Medicaid, emergency services available
- If you have KanCare — please call 816-235-2122 to discuss coverage benefits
- Phone: 816-235-2100 (General Clinic) or 816-235-2145 (Children's Clinic)
- Visit https://dentistry.umkc.edu/
- Fees are based on individual patient treatment needs and range from $25 - $60. X-ray fees range from $10 - $30. Electronic copies of digital x-ray images are made available to you or your dental provider at no cost. Senior citizens and WSU students, faculty and staff are eligible for discounted services.
- Here is the list of services provided.
- Please call 316-978-3603 for more information.
Children's Sedation Dentistry
- Ambulatory Surgery Center specializing in same-day, outpatient dental procedures under general sedation
- Children 18 months to 18 years
- Medicaid Accepted, payment plans offered
- Se Habla Espanol
- Patient must meet medical requirements (BMI under 40%, cardiac and/or neuro clearance)
- Phone: 816- 235-3455
- Visit www.bluecloudpsc.com, select the "Refer a Patient" tab
- If self-referral, please use "Self-Referral KS" on Dental Office line item on the submission form
- Open every Friday
- Serve all ages with intellectual developmental disabilities, including community members who pass a screening to assure the disability
- Residents of KNI are first priority
- There is no fee
- Services provided: exams, cleanings, fillings, extractions
- NO dentures or other appliances
- Sedation services are now available through a private mobile agency that bills separately, but their services are usually covered by insurance (including Medicaid)
- Wait list: usually about two months, but they will move somebody up for emergencies
- Contact: Debbie Mesecher at 785-296-5377 or Deborah.Mesecher@ks.gov
Dental First Aid
These charts can provide guidance for action in the event of a dental concern.
Dental concerns for children - English
Dental concerns for children - Spanish
A quick guide to Dental Trauma
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