# Teledentistry - Schools, Primary Care-Based Oral Health Providers and Dental Practices

MCD Global Health is soliciting Maine-based schools, primary care-based oral health providers, dental practices, and other eligible oral-health organizations to expand access to oral health expertise through asynchronous provider-to-provider teledentistry. The initiative connects school-based and primary care oral-health providers with licensed dental professionals for timely consultation and clinical guidance.

## Key facts

- Status: Closed
- Type: GRANT
- Issued by: MCD Global Health (administered for Maine RHTP, supported by CMS/HHS as part of a financial assistance award totaling $190,008,051) (Maine)
- Posted: 2026-09-29
- Application due: 2026-10-26
- Funding: $15,000
- Eligible applicants: Schools, Primary care-based oral health providers, Dental practices, Community health centers, FQHCs, Other Maine-based rural healthcare or oral-health organizations
- How to apply: Online application through the Maine RHTP Wizehive portal at https://maine-rhtp-technology-innovation-funding-opportunities.wizehive.app/organization/opportunities. Application briefing/Teams registration is provided through the RFA materials.
- Funding source: Rural Health Transformation Program (CMS)
- Official source: https://maine-rhtp-technology-innovation-funding-opportunities.wizehive.app/program/grants-program-template-september-2026-copy-1/applicant/application/info?cycleId=1Cf5dcU1ipxmhKPJJFJYG4

## Eligibility

Applicants must be legally operating in Maine; have a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) or evidence that the UEI registration process has begun; follow applicable Maine DHHS universal eligibility guidance; be an existing licensed dental practice, dental provider organization, or oral health program with demonstrated experience delivering direct clinical dental services in Maine before application; use appropriately licensed, certified, credentialed, and/or enrolled professionals consistent with Maine law, payer requirements, and applicable scopes of practice; be enrolled with MaineCare; and actively serve MaineCare patients.

## Requirements

Funded applicants will integrate asynchronous provider-to-provider teledentistry into school-based, primary-care, or community oral-health workflows. The project should support timely dental consultation and clinical guidance, referral and care coordination, compliant documentation, onboarding and training, reporting, monitoring, evaluation, and quality improvement. Applicants must comply with applicable MaineCare, privacy, security, licensing, and state and federal requirements. Anticipated funded amount: $15,000 per award. Award type: fixed amount award, with payments based on agreed deliverables and milestones. Application briefing: October 13, 2026, 2:30–3:30 PM. Performance period begins after full execution and ends no later than August 31, 2027.

## Application package and source documents

- [ME - 2026 - Teledentistry - Schools, Primary Care-Based Oral Health Providers and Dental Practices (Application portal — Teledentistry)](https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/api/documents/e1cde834-78d4-415b-913d-a268cd0ca4fd/file) (primary) — official: https://maine-rhtp-technology-innovation-funding-opportunities.wizehive.app/program/grants-program-template-september-2026-copy-1/applicant/application/info?cycleId=1Cf5dcU1ipxmhKPJJFJYG4
- [ME - 2026 - digital health (Official MCD Maine RHTP Digital Health program page — Teledentistry: Schools, Primary Care-based Oral Health Providers and Dental Practices)](https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/api/documents/eff65598-7c54-4246-848e-9ccb52025592/file) — official: https://www.mcd.org/focus-areas/maine-rhtp/digital-health
- [ME - 2025 - Maine RHTP Funding Opportunities: Universal Requirements for Funding Eligibility (ME-RHTP-Universal-Eligibility-Guidance) (Maine RHTP Universal Eligibility Guidance)](https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/api/documents/70ef7163-739e-41a6-8e99-d44c8037253d/file) — official: https://www.mcd.org/focus-areas/maine-rhtp/docs/ME-RHTP-Universal-Eligibility-Guidance.pdf

More Maine RHTP activity: https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/states/me (markdown: https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/states/me.md)

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Source: Rural Care Journey (RCJ), https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/opportunities/teledentistry-schools-primary-care-based-oral-health-providers-and-dental-practi--a7fddb13a9 — data as of 2026-10-27.
Cite the RCJ page for the summary and the linked official source for authoritative terms, deadlines, and amounts.