Library: Policy

317:30-5-699. Restorations

Revised 9-12-22

(a) Utilization parameters.

(1) The Oklahoma Health Care Authority utilization parameters allow only one (1) permanent restorative service to be provided per tooth per twenty-four (24) months.

(2) Additional restorations may be authorized upon approval of OHCA in cases of trauma.

(3) The provider is responsible for follow-up or any required replacement of a failed restoration, if the member is currently SoonerCare eligible.

(4) Providers must document type of isolation used in treatment progress notes.

(5) For members who are under twenty-one (21) years of age and who are receiving a restoration are eligible within three (3) months for consideration of a single crown if endodontically treated.

(b) Coverage for dental restorations. Restoration of incipient lesions is not considered medically necessary treatment. Any diagnosis not supported by images requires documentation of the medical need on which the diagnosis was made. Services for dental restorations are covered, for adults and children, as follows:

(1) If the mesial occlusal pit and the distal occlusal pit on an upper molar tooth are restored at the same appointment, this is a one (1) surface restoration.

(2) If any two (2) separate surfaces on a posterior tooth are restored at the same appointment, it is a two (2) surface restoration.

(3) If any three (3) separate surfaces on a posterior tooth are restored at the same appointment, it is a three (3) surface restoration.

(4) If the mesial, distal, facial and/or lingual of an upper anterior tooth is restored at the same appointment, this is a four (4) surface restoration.

(5) If any two (2) separate surfaces on an anterior tooth are restored at the same appointment, it is a two (2) surface restoration.

(6) If any three (3) separate surfaces on an anterior tooth are restored at the same appointment, it is a three (3) surface restoration.

(7) An incisal angle restoration is defined as one (1) of the angles formed by the junction of the incisal and the mesial or distal surface of an anterior tooth. If any of these surfaces are restored at the same appointment, even if separate, it is considered as a single incisal angle restoration.

(8) When four (4) or more separate surfaces on a posterior tooth are restored at the same appointment it is a four (4) surface restoration.

(9) Wide embrasure cavity preparations do not become extra surfaces unless at least one half of cusp or surface is involved in the restoration. An MODFL restoration would have to include the mesial-occlusal-distal surfaces as well as either the buccal groove pit or buccal surface or at least one half the surface of one of the buccal cusps. The same logic applies for the lingual surface.