Dental

Basic Services

Complete, general or comprehensive oral examination once every 3 years, recall examinations twice in 12 months.
Dental x-rays, including complete mouth x-rays and panoramic x-ray once every 3 years; bitewing x-rays twice in 12 months; and other dental x-rays as required in connection with the diagnosis of a specific condition requiring treatment.
Tests and laboratory examinations including biopsies.
Treatment planning for extra time spent on unusually complicated cases or where the patient demands unusual time in explanation or where diagnostic material is received from another source. Usual case presentation time and usual treatment planning time are implicit in the examination fee and in the radiographic interpretation fee.
Cleaning of teeth and topical application of fluoride twice in 12 months.
Proper and effective home care oral hygiene instruction/re-instruction (care of the mouth) twice in 12 months.
Pit and fissure sealants, a plastic coating sealed into the chewing surface of the tooth.
Space maintainers that replace prematurely lost teeth for children.
Amalgam, tooth coloured filling restorations and temporary sedative fillings.
Inlay restorations - these are considered basic restorations and will be paid to the equivalent non-bonded amalgam.