Dental Care
Children with special health care needs often have more severe dental problems and are more difficult to treat. Their disability, as well as the increased incidence of anxiety that may accompany their physical and / or developmental disabilities, present additional challenges for care. This can result in the need for sedation or general anesthesia. Unfortunately, insurers and state programs may not cover sedation or general anesthesia for dental work. We therefore often recommend bundling dental work with other procedures that may need sedation, such as minor surgeries or endoscopies. Sedation for MRI's or audiology can also benefit by bundling. In addition to the cost savings, combining procedures reduces the patient's exposure to additional anesthesia.
The Center for Infants and Children with Special Needs at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center has compiled a list of Southern Ohio dental care resources for children with specialized health care needs. If you have a dental emergency, cannot afford a dentist or lack dental insurance, there are places that can help.
Ohio | Cincinnati | Hamilton County | Hospital-Based Clinics l Butler l Warren l Clermont l Adams / Brown Counties l Northern Kentucky l Additional Resources
Adult Medicaid dental benefits in Ohio have been restored effective July 1, 2008. The Medicaid budget includes a restoration of coverage for dental services and dental fees and an increase in reimbursements for community providers, including dentists, physicians and clinics:
Ohio
- Dental OPTIONS (Ohio Partnership To Improve Oral health through access to Needed Services) assists Ohioans with special health care needs and / or financial barriers to obtain dental care.
Cincinnati Health Department Clinics
- Clement Health Center, 513-357-7310
- Elm Street Clinic, 513-352-2927
- McMicken Dental Center for The Homeless, 513-352-6363
- Millvale Health Center, 513-352-3192
- Northside Health Center, 513-357-7610
- Price Hill Clinic, 513-357-2704
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City / Hamilton County Clinics
- Dental One in Over the Rhine, 513-721-6060
- Lincoln Heights Regional Family Dental Care, 513-588-3623
- Norwood City Health Department, 513-458-4600
- Walnut Hills / Evanston Medical Center, 513-281-4116
- West End Health Center, 513-621-2726, ext 201
- Winton Hills Health Center, 513-242-1033
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Hospital-based Clinics
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Butler County
Resources for older individuals with special needs:
- Dr. Dennis Schaffer
Grandview Hospital
405 West Grand Ave.
Phone: 937-226-3368
Fax: 937-226-2613
Hospital Dentistry Only
Medicaid Provider
| - Dr. Louis Mayo
Jewish Hospital Evendale Medical Building
10475 Reading Rd., Suite 301
Cincinnati, OH 45224
Phone: 513-769-3000
Fax: 513-769-6296
Hospital Dentistry and Office Dentistry
Medicaid Provider
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- Dr. Ed Sterling
Nisonger Center
Ohio State University
1581 Dodd Dr.
Columbus, OH 43210
Phone: 614-292-8365
614-292-3727
Hospital and Clinic Dentistry
Medicaid Providers
| - Dr. Jerome McMahon
University Hospital Dental Center
Cincinnati Ohio
Phone: 513-584-6650
Medicaid Provider
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Warren County
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Clermont County
- Community Services Pediatric Dental Center, 513-732-7206
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Adams and Brown Counties
- Southern Ohio Health Services Network, Ripley, 937-392-4338
- Southern Ohio Health Services Network, Seaman Family Dental Center, 937-386-1379
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Northern Kentucky
- Campbell County Emergency Fund, 859-292-3838
- Donated Dental Services, 888-765-6789
- Health Point Family Care, Covington, 859-655-8031
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Additional Resources
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If your questions are not fully answered by our Special Needs Resource Directory and its links, please contact us via email.
Rev. 9/08
