The dental benefit scheme was limited to a free annual examination in budget 2010, so from 1st January 2010 to date, one free annual examination is available to qualifying customers. Detail on the treatments covered under the dental benefit scheme (either partially or fully) in 2007, 2008, and 2009, are listed in the following table.
Any decision on changes to the dental benefit scheme will be made as part of the overall budget programme, having considered available resources and competing priorities.
Table 1 - Dental benefits available under treatment benefit scheme
Treatment
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
2010
|
2011
|
2012
|
Oral Exam
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Prophylaxis
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
|
|
Protracted periodontal treatment
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
|
|
Simple/Compound Amalgam Filling
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
|
|
Composite Filling
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
|
|
Pin-retained Filling
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
|
|
Restoration of Incisal Angle/Tip
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
|
|
Extraction under Local Anaesthetic
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
|
|
Surgical Extraction
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
|
|
Root Canal
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
|
|
Apicectomy/Amputation Of Roots
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
|
|
Extra-Oral X Ray
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
|
|
Panoramic X Ray
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
|
|
Biopsy – Excision of Soft Tissue
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
|
|
Haemorrhage - Secondary
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
|
|
Pulpotomy
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
|
|
Dry Socket
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
|
|
Abscess Treatment
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
|
|
Dressings
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
|
|
Pericoronitis
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
|
|
Partial Denture
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
|
|
Full Upper Denture
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
|
|
Full Lower Denture
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
|
|
Full Upper And Lower Denture
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
|
|
Upper Denture Reline
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
|
|
Lower Denture Reline
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
|
|
Upper And Lower Denture Reline
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
|
|
Denture Repairs
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
|
|
Crown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
|
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