Does Medicare cover dental care?

Original Medicare generally does not pay for routine dental care, cleanings, fillings, dentures, or most tooth extractions. Some Advantage plans add dental extras. Those extras vary by plan and ZIP code and can change each year.

Original Medicare

Parts A and B generally do not cover routine dental. Limited exceptions can apply when dental work is an integral part of a covered medical procedure. Confirm on Medicare.gov. Do not assume a cleaning or a denture is covered.

Medicare Advantage extras

Some Medicare Advantage plans include a dental allowance or network. Limits, waiting periods, and which dentists participate vary. Read this year’s Evidence of Coverage. We do not name or rank those products here.

Medigap

Standardized Medigap letters generally help with Original Medicare cost-sharing. They generally do not add routine dental. Confirm the outline of coverage.

Common questions

Will Medisure Agency enroll me in a dental plan on this site?
No. This website does not enroll you. Dental extras, if any, are plan-specific. Confirm on Medicare.gov.

My Medicare Checkup

Answer a few questions about your ZIP code, what matters about cost and doctors, and where you get care. The summary shows the questions those answers raise. Confirm each one with the office, the plan, or Medicare.gov. A listing in a directory, or the name of a plan, does not show whether a doctor is in the network, whether a prescription is covered, or what you would pay this year.

Start My Medicare Checkup

You will get a summary of the questions to verify. You can also talk it through with Alan.

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