South Dakota Dentist Loan Repayment For Service Program

Connie Halverson
800.627.3961
Connie.Halverson@deltadentalsd.com

Delta Dental of South Dakota offers loan repayment assistance for new dentists in South Dakota who agree to serve a selected percentage of Medicaid-insured patients in their practice.

The service obligation is 5 years.

Applicants must:

• Be fully trained and licensed in South Dakota (or in process of becoming licensed)
• Have loan balances that are part of the original student loan (not combined with other personal loans)
• Be willing to fulfill the required service agreement
• Plan to work a minimum of 32 hours per week
• Participate in the South Dakota Medicaid program
• Agree to be credentialed by Delta Dental of South Dakota
• Be a U.S. citizen and South Dakota resident

Option 1:

• For loan repayment of $15,000 per year, up to a total of $75,000 over 5 years, dentists must agree to see 15% Medicaid patients in his or her practice.
• Recipient dentists must agree to accept 1 patient/case per award year from the Donated Dental Services Program (operated by the SD Dental Foundation) or an approved alternative.

Option 2:

• For loan repayment of $25,000 per year, up to a total of $125,000 over 5 years, dentists must agree to see 30% Medicaid patients in his or her practice.
• Recipient dentists must agree to accept 2 patients/cases per award year from the Donated Dental Services Program or an approved alternative.

Recipients who provide 1,000 or more Medicaid patient visits per year will be eligible to receive an additional $5,000 per year toward their loan and are exempt from the Donated Dental Services program requirement.

A link to the online application is available on the program website.