Free and Low Cost Dentists in Illinois
7,512 dental offices across 513 Illinois towns, 52 of them federally funded health centers that charge by income. Children on Illinois Medicaid get dental care at no cost. For adults, Illinois Medicaid covers a broad set of adult dental care.
Illinois Medicaid and Dental Care in Illinois
- Children
- Covered. Every child under 21 on Illinois Medicaid gets dental check ups, cleanings and needed treatment at no cost, under the federal EPSDT rule.
- Adults
- Adults on Illinois Medicaid have broad dental coverage. Source, as of 2025-08.
- Dental program
- DentaQuest (fee-for-service members)
- Children's insurance (CHIP)
- All Kids
- Apply for Illinois Medicaid
- The state's official page
- The state's own dentist search
- Find a dentist who takes Illinois Medicaid
Pick Your Town
- Chicago (1690)
- Naperville (160)
- Arlington Heights (119)
- Rockford (113)
- Skokie (101)
- Aurora (99)
- Peoria (94)
- Schaumburg (91)
- Glenview (88)
- Joliet (83)
- Orland Park (82)
- Springfield (79)
- Elgin (78)
- Park Ridge (72)
- Des Plaines (67)
- Palatine (67)
- Evanston (65)
- Bloomington (59)
- Mt Prospect (59)
- Elmhurst (58)
- Buffalo Grove (58)
- Champaign (54)
- Downers Grove (53)
- Wheaton (53)
- Oak Park (53)
- Crystal Lake (53)
- Gurnee (50)
- Northbrook (48)
- Plainfield (46)
- Lombard (46)
- Bloomingdale (43)
- Moline (42)
- St. Charles (41)
- Niles (41)
- Berwyn (40)
- Hoffman Estates (38)
- Oak Lawn (37)
- Decatur (37)
- Palos Heights (36)
- Waukegan (36)
- Libertyville (36)
- Highland Park (36)
- Frankfort (36)
- Tinley Park (35)
- Westmont (34)
- Bolingbrook (33)
- Oak Brook (33)
- Geneva (32)
- Addison (31)
- Vernon Hills (31)
- Quincy (30)
- Barrington (29)
- Morton Grove (29)
- Glen Ellyn (29)
- Deerfield (29)
- Belleville (28)
- Bourbonnais (27)
- Hinsdale (27)
- Homewood (27)
- Woodridge (27)
All 513 towns
- Abingdon 1
- Aledo 2
- Alexis 1
- Algonquin 26
- Alsip 3
- Altamont 2
- Alton 22
- Amboy 2
- Anna 1
- Annawan 1
- Antioch 11
- Antioch Township 1
- Arcola 2
- Arthur 1
- Ashkum 1
- Assumption 1
- Augusta 1
- Avon 2
- Bannockburn 1
- Barry 1
- Bartlett 22
- Bartonville 2
- Batavia 15
- Beach Park 1
- Beardstown 4
- Beecher 2
- Bellwood 2
- Belvidere 15
- Bensenville 4
- Benton 6
- Berkeley 1
- Bethalto 2
- Biggsville 1
- Blue Island 11
- Blue Mound 2
- Bradley 4
- Braidwood 1
- Breese 2
- Bridgeview 10
- Brighton 1
- Brimfield 1
- Broadview 3
- Brookfield 11
- Burbank 11
- Burr Ridge 14
- Bushnell 1
- Byron 2
- Calumet City 9
- Calumet Park 2
- Cambridge 1
- Campton Hills 1
- Canton 8
- Carbondale 23
- Carlinville 6
- Carlyle 2
- Carmi 4
- Carol Stream 15
- Carpentersville 9
- Carrollton 2
- Carterville 6
- Carthage 1
- Cary 8
- Casey 1
- Centralia 5
- Cerro Gordo 1
- Channahon 5
- Charleston 8
- Chatham 1
- Chenoa 1
- Cherry Valley 1
- Chester 5
- Chicago Heights 22
- Chicago Ridge 4
- Chillicothe 4
- Christopher 1
- Cicero 26
- Cissna Park 1
- Clarendon Hills 6
- Clayton 1
- Clinton 3
- Coal City 3
- Coal Valley 3
- Cobden 1
- Collinsville 12
- Colona 1
- Columbia 10
- Countryside 10
- Crescent City 1
- Crest Hill 9
- Crestwood 10
- Crete 8
- Creve Coeur 2
- Danville 21
- Darien 18
- Deer Park 1
- DeKalb 13
- Dixon 13
- Dolton 7
- Du Quoin 5
- Dundee Township 1
- Dunlap 6
- Dupo 2
- Durand 1
- Dwight 1
- Earlville 1
- East Alton 9
- East Dubuque 1
- East Dundee 4
- East Moline 9
- East Peoria 13
- East St Louis 7
- Edwardsville 21
- Effingham 23
- El Paso 2
- Elburn 5
- Eldorado 1
- Elk Grove Village 20
- Elmwood 1
- Elmwood Park 25
- Energy 1
- Erie 1
- Eureka 1
- Evergreen Park 14
- Fairbury 1
- Fairfield 2
- Fairview Heights 10
- Farmer City 1
- Farmington 1
- Flora 4
- Flossmoor 16
- Forest Park 5
- Forreston 2
- Forsyth 6
- Fox Lake 3
- Fox River Grove 4
- Franklin Park 12
- Freeburg 2
- Freeport 18
- Fulton 1
- Galena 4
- Galesburg 12
- Galva 2
- Geneseo 7
- Genoa 1
- Germantown 2
- Gibson City 4
- Gillespie 1
- Glen Carbon 24
- Glencoe 2
- Glendale Heights 11
- Glenwood 1
- Godfrey 9
- Goreville 1
- Granite City 21
- Grant Park 1
- Granville 1
- Grayslake 22
- Grayville 2
- Great Lakes 11
- Greenfield 1
- Greenville 4
- Gridley 2
- Hainesville 1
- Hamilton 2
- Hampshire 3
- Hampton 2
- Hanover Park 13
- Hardin 2
- Harrisburg 3
- Harvard 5
- Harvey 2
- Harwood Heights 10
- Havana 2
- Hawthorn Woods 1
- Hazel Crest 5
- Henry 1
- Herrin 5
- Herscher 1
- Hickory Hills 10
- Highland 10
- Highwood 3
- Hillside 1
- Hinckley 1
- Hines 4
- Homer Glen 17
- Hometown 3
- Hopedale 2
- Huntley 14
- Indian Head Park 1
- Inverness 4
- Island Lake 3
- Itasca 6
- Jacksonville 16
- Jefferson Park 2
- Jerseyville 5
- Johnsburg 3
- Johnston City 1
- Junction 1
- Justice 3
- Kankakee 9
- Kenilworth 5
- Kewanee 2
- Kildeer 2
- Kirkland 1
- Knoxville 1
- La Grange 16
- La Grange Highlands 1
- La Grange Park 10
- La Harpe 1
- La Salle 5
- Lake Bluff 10
- Lake Forest 16
- Lake in the Hills 13
- Lake Villa 2
- Lake Zurich 18
- Lakemoor 2
- Lanark 1
- Lansing 17
- Lawrenceville 1
- Le Roy 2
- Lebanon 2
- Lemont 18
- Lena 2
- Lewistown 1
- Lincoln 10
- Lincolnshire 4
- Lincolnwood 19
- Lindenhurst 10
- Lisle 20
- Litchfield 11
- Lockport 10
- Long Grove 6
- Loves Park 15
- Lynwood 1
- Lyons 3
- Machesney Park 10
- Macomb 9
- Mahomet 9
- Malta 1
- Manhattan 1
- Manteno 3
- Marengo 2
- Marion 16
- Marissa 1
- Marseilles 1
- Marshall 3
- Maryville 5
- Mascoutah 4
- Mason City 2
- Matteson 5
- Mattoon 14
- Maywood 10
- McHenry 23
- McLeansboro 1
- Melrose Park 18
- Mendon 1
- Mendota 3
- Metamora 1
- Metropolis 3
- Midlothian 1
- Milan 2
- Millstadt 2
- Minonk 1
- Minooka 5
- Mokena 17
- Momence 1
- Monee 2
- Monmouth 5
- Montgomery 7
- Monticello 4
- Morris 15
- Morrison 2
- Morton 10
- Moweaqua 1
- Mt Carmel 3
- Mt Carroll 1
- Mt Morris 1
- Mt Olive 2
- Mt Pulaski 1
- Mt Sterling 1
- Mt Vernon 19
- Mt Zion 5
- Mundelein 23
- Murphysboro 4
- Nashville 3
- New Athens 1
- New Baden 1
- New Lenox 22
- Newton 2
- Normal 14
- Norridge 9
- North Aurora 12
- North Barrington 3
- North Chicago 17
- North Riverside 7
- North Utica 1
- Northfield 7
- Northlake 3
- O'Fallon 26
- Oak Forest 11
- Oakbrook Terrace 24
- Oglesby 4
- Olney 3
- Olympia Fields 11
- Onarga 1
- Oquawka 1
- Orangeville 1
- Oregon 6
- Oswego 25
- Ottawa 13
- Palos Hills 20
- Palos Park 5
- Pana 2
- Paris 5
- Park City 5
- Park Forest 1
- Paw Paw 1
- Pawnee 2
- Paxton 4
- Pecatonica 1
- Pekin 17
- Peoria Heights 3
- Peotone 3
- Peru 9
- Petersburg 1
- Pinckneyville 2
- Pingree Grove 1
- Pittsfield 1
- Plano 3
- Polo 1
- Pontiac 5
- Poplar Grove 2
- Port Byron 2
- Princeton 5
- Prospect Heights 4
- Rantoul 5
- Red Bud 4
- Richmond 4
- Richton Park 6
- Ringwood 1
- River Forest 24
- River Grove 4
- Riverdale 3
- Riverside 11
- Riverton 1
- Riverwoods 2
- Roanoke 1
- Robinson 6
- Rochelle 10
- Rochester 2
- Rock Falls 3
- Rock Island 11
- Rockton 1
- Rolling Meadows 12
- Romeoville 12
- Roscoe 9
- Roselle 19
- Rosemont 1
- Roseville 1
- Round Lake 6
- Round Lake Beach 12
- Round Lake Park 1
- Rushville 1
- Salem 5
- Sandwich 7
- Sauget 2
- Savanna 1
- Savoy 5
- Schiller Park 2
- Scott AFB 2
- Seneca 1
- Sesser 1
- Shelbyville 2
- Sherman 1
- Sherrard 1
- Shiloh 5
- Shorewood 8
- Sleepy Hollow 1
- Smithton 1
- Somonauk 1
- South Barrington 13
- South Chicago Heights 1
- South Elgin 17
- South Holland 16
- Sparta 1
- Spring Grove 3
- Spring Valley 2
- St Anne 1
- St Joseph 1
- Staunton 2
- Steger 1
- Sterling 9
- Stickney 1
- Stockton 1
- Streamwood 15
- Streator 5
- Stronghurst 1
- Sugar Grove 5
- Sullivan 1
- Summit 2
- Swansea 10
- Sycamore 15
- Tamms 1
- Taylorville 8
- Teutopolis 2
- Third Lake 1
- Tolono 1
- Toluca 1
- Tremont 2
- Trenton 2
- Troy 8
- Tuscola 3
- University Park 1
- Urbana 7
- Vandalia 5
- Vienna 2
- Villa Grove 1
- Villa Park 18
- Village of Lakewood 2
- Virden 2
- Virginia 1
- Walnut 1
- Warren 1
- Warrenville 7
- Washington 8
- Waterloo 4
- Watseka 2
- Wauconda 6
- Waverly 1
- Wenona 2
- West Chicago 12
- West Dundee 4
- West Frankfort 3
- Westchester 21
- Western Springs 13
- Wheeling 26
- White Hall 1
- Willow Springs 3
- Willowbrook 16
- Wilmette 20
- Wilmington 6
- Winfield 13
- Winnebago 1
- Winnetka 9
- Wonder Lake 2
- Wood Dale 8
- Wood River 4
- Woodhull 1
- Woodstock 11
- Worden 1
- Worth 5
- Yorkville 11
- Zion 3
Health Centers With a Dental Office
These dental listings match a site in the federal health center list. Health centers take Illinois Medicaid and have to offer a sliding fee to people on low incomes, which makes them the closest thing to a free dentist when you have no coverage.
Questions People Ask
Does Illinois Medicaid cover dental for adults in Illinois?
Yes. Illinois Medicaid covers a broad set of dental care for adults, including check ups, fillings and more involved work. Limits and prior approval rules still apply, so ask the office.
Is dental free for children on Illinois Medicaid?
Yes. Children under 21 on Medicaid get dental check ups, cleanings and needed treatment at no cost, under the federal EPSDT rule. That is true in every state.
Where can I get free dental care in Illinois without insurance?
Start with a health center. There are 52 with a dental office on this list in Illinois. Health centers have to offer a sliding fee by income. Dental schools also see patients at reduced prices.
Do all these offices take Illinois Medicaid?
No, and we have not confirmed which do outside California. Call and ask whether they take Illinois Medicaid for new patients before you go.