Welcome!
With Healthy Kids Dental (HKD) benefits administered by Delta Dental of Michigan, your child can receive dental services at no cost to you. This includes dental exams, cleanings, X-rays, fillings, fluoride treatments, sealants, and more.
If your children have Medicaid and are under 21, they have Healthy Kids Dental. See your member handbook, certificate of coverage and more here.
Let's dive in!
Recipe: protein balls
Ready to roll into something tasty? These no-bake protein bites are the perfect after-school energy boost, packed with oats, chocolate, and peanut butter power.
Ingredients:
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1 cup rolled oats
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½ cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
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½ cup ground flax seed
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½ cup crunchy peanut butter
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⅓ cup honey
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions:
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Gather all ingredients.
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Stir oats, chocolate chips, flax seed, peanut butter, honey, and vanilla extract together in a bowl.
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Roll dough into 24 balls with your hands. Arrange balls on a baking sheet and freeze until set, about 1 hour.
Who knew healthy could taste so yummy, too?
A new way to access coverage information
Relay is a new way to easily access information about your child’s dental coverage. This includes what to do in an emergency, in-network providers near you, and what benefits are available.
For both Apple and Android devices, you can receive text messages with updates about your child’s benefits that you can view in a feed like social media on your preferred web browser. Once you receive a text message with a link, save it to your phone for any future benefit information!
See how Relay works here.
New year, new oral health habits
Taking care of your teeth is super important, and it can be fun, too! Whether letting your child pick out a toothbrush or creating a sticker chart together, they can become a Smile Superhero in no time with this checklist:
✅ Eat more tooth-friendly snacks, like crunchy fruits, veggies, cheese, and yogurt. Cookie cutters can help make fun shapes!
✅ Brush twice a day with fluoride toothpaste for two minutes. What song can you play for two minutes to help your child keep track of time?
✅ Drink water instead of sugar-sweetened beverages to help prevent tooth decay. Let your child pick out a reusable water bottle that they can be excited to show their friends at school!
✅ Floss once daily with your child, making it a natural part of your routine by leaving the floss somewhere you and your child will see it often.
✅ See an in-network dentist twice a year, to protect your smile for years to come.
Free emergency dental care, 24/7
Healthy Kids Dental members can access 24/7 emergency dental care at teledentistry.com. These virtual visits are already included in your existing dental coverage and are an effective way to receive dental care without going to the emergency room. Consider a virtual visit when you:
- Have a dental emergency and do not have a regular dentist
- Need access to a dentist after hours if your dentist is not available
- Need to call a dentist while traveling and you don’t have a dentist
Whether from a chipped tooth or a possible infection, any necessary prescriptions will be sent directly to your pharmacy after your teledentistry call.
Get started here or call 866-716-4628.
Get a ride to your dental appointment
Need a ride to a non-emergency dental appointment? Your Healthy Kids Dental benefit provides options for rides to or from your visit if you’re also enrolled in a Medicaid Health Plan (MHP). Arrange a ride:
- Aetna Better Health of MI: 844-610-7437
- Blue Cross Complete of MI: 888-803-4947
- HAP CareSource: 833-230-2053
- McLaren Health Plan: 855-251-7100
- Meridian Health Plan of MI: 888-437-0606
- Molina Healthcare of MI: 888-898-7969
- Priority Health Choice: 888-975-8102
- UnitedHealthcare Community Plan: 877-892-3995
- Upper Peninsula Health Plan: 800-835-2556
If you live in Wayne, Oakland, or Macomb counties, call ModivCare at 866-569-1902 to arrange a ride.
If you do not live in Wayne, Oakland, or Macomb counties, call your local Michigan Department of Health and Human Services office. Visit the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services website for more information.
Egg-ceptional smiles
*Photo courtesy of Delta Dental of Iowa.
This hands-on dental lesson is a fun spring activity to teach your child about plaque, and practice brushing and flossing.
What you'll need:
- An empty egg carton
- A single-use toothbrush
- Floss
- White paint
- Moldable dough
Instructions:
- Use the toothbrush and white paint to paint the empty egg carton. Just like brushing your teeth, make sure you get all the tough-to-reach spots!
- After the paint dries, it’s time to floss! Let your child place the moldable dough between the egg carton spaces before showing them how to use floss to remove plaque. Then, it’s their turn!
Quick hits
Update your contact information
Remember, you must update your contact information to requalify for Medicaid and Healthy Kids Dental benefits. Visit michigan.gov/mibridges to update your address, phone number and other contact information.
Reporting fraud, waste, or abuse
If you suspect someone of fraud, waste, or abuse, you can make an anonymous report. Call the Delta Dental anti-fraud hotline at 800-524-0147. You can also report to the state's Office of Inspector General (OIG) at 855-MI-FRAUD or by sending a letter to: Office of Inspector General, PO Box 30062, Lansing, MI 48909. You can also submit online here.
Review your member handbook for more information about fraud, waste, and abuse.
In your language
Get benefit help and information for you and/or your child in your language. Call our team at 866-696-7441 (TTY users call 711) for help.
HIPAA notice
Delta Dental takes your privacy very seriously. You can find our HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices at deltadentalmi.com (click the HIPAA policy link from the homepage), or call 866-696-7441 to request a copy.
Did you know you have these rights?*
You can ask for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services network adequacy standards. These are state and federal rules for health and dental plans. To get a copy, call Delta Dental’s customer service at 866-696-7441.
You can also look at Delta Dental’s clinical practice guidelines. These guidelines help make sure you get good care. Your dentist is asked to follow them when treating you. You can view the guidelines on our Clinical Criteria page.
*Refer to your Healthy Kids Dental Handbook for all member rights.
Disenrolling in HKD
If you are not happy with your plan, you can disenroll at any time. Call MI Enrolls at 800-975-7630 (TTY: 888-263-5897).
You can disenroll for reasons such as:
- You move.
- The plan does not cover a service you need due to moral or religious reasons.
- You need related services done at the same time, but not all of them are available in your plan’s network.
- Other concerns, such as poor care, trouble getting covered services, or trouble finding a dentist who meets your needs.