Services for health conditions

Covers part or the full cost of some basic dental services for children if you get certain payments from us.

To get this your child must be all of the following:

• 0 to 17 years old for at least one day that calendar year
• eligible for Medicare
• getting a payment from us at least once a year, or have a parent, carer or guardian getting a payment from us at least once a year.

Child and youth dental services are available to children and young people who are:

• under the age of 5 years and live in ACT
• under the age of 14 years and live in the ACT or attend an ACT school
• under the age of 18 years and live in the ACT or attend an ACT school AND are listed on a Services Australia issued Pension Concession or Health Care Card
• under the care of the Canberra Health Services Cleft Lip and Palate Clinic
• under foster care or wards of the state.

The dental and oral health service provides specialist and emergency children’s dental services for eligible patients, as well as an inpatient consultative service.  

The service operates as a hospital-based service to provide dental and surgical services to the emergency departments, inpatient units and speciality outpatient clinics. Registrars from the Westmead Centre for Oral Health (Westmead Dental Hospital) provide after-hours cover for our service.

Information about public dental health services, eligibility, and how to access these services for your child.

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