The Child Dental Benefits Schedule provides capped benefit entitlement for basic dental services provided to children aged 2-18 in families who meet a means test.
Services for basic essential dental treatments, such as check-ups, X-rays, fillings, and extractions, will be included, and patients will have access to dental benefit entitlements capped (indexed annually) over a two calendar year period. The benefit is capped at $1,158 per child.
Before any treatments begin, you will be presented with a treatment plan of your child/children’s treatment. If this happens to exceed the $1,158 cap, the dentist will discuss options with you to make payments easier. We generally find this does not occur with children who have been on our preventative cycle, with cleaning and check up visits scheduled every six months