Child Dental Benefits Schedule
What is it?
Child Dental Benefit Schedule is also known as CDBS. It is introduced to assist families in accessing preventive dental care and general dental treatments. Eligible CDBS children can access dental treatments in public and private dental clinics.
With CDBS, keeping your child’s teeth healthy is easier and Royal Park Dental welcomes children under this CDBS.
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Who is eligible?
Children aged from 12 months to 17 years old are eligible for this scheme. They qualify for Medicare or have received either Family Tax Benefit Part A, Parenting payment or Double Orphan Pension payments for at least some of that year.
Make sure your child is eligible before booking your appointment. Let us know before your appointment that you are under the CDBS so that we can prepare better for your visit.
You can check your child’s eligibility by contacting Medicare on 132 0111, through your MyGov account or call us at (08) 8347 1199 for more info.
What does it cover?
The CDBS covers a range of dental services including:
- Examinations
- X-rays
- Cleaning the teeth
- Fillings
- Root canal treatments
Child Dental Benefit Schedule FAQ’s
The Child Dental Benefits Schedule is a dental benefits program for eligible children aged 2-17 years that provides up to $1,000 in benefits to the child for basic dental services. The Child Dental Benefits Schedule replaces the Medicare Teen Dental Plan from 1 January 2014.
To be eligible a child must be:
- Aged between 2 and 17 years for at least 1 day of the calendar year AND
- Eligible for Medicare AND
- For at least 1 day of the calendar year the:
Child’s parent, carer, or guardian receives any of the below
- Family Tax Benefit Part A
- Parenting payment
- Double Orphan Pension
Child receives any of the below
- Family Tax Benefit Part A
- Abstudy
- Carer Payment
- Disability Support Pension
- Parenting Payment
- Special Benefit
- Youth Allowance
- Financial assistance under the Veterans’ Children Education Scheme (VCES) and cannot be included as a dependent child for the purposes of Family Tax Benefit because they are 16 years or older or
- Financial assistance under the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act Education and Training Scheme (MRCAETS) and cannot be included as a dependent child for the purposes of Family Tax Benefit because they are 16 years or older
Teenager’s partner receives any of the below
- Family Tax Benefit Part A or
- Parenting payment
Eligible families will receive written notification from the Australian Government either in the form of a letter or electronically. The Government will routinely check throughout the year to determine newly eligible children. Your dentist will check eligibility before commencement of any treatment or you can call your Dentist to check prior to making an appointment.
Patients will be eligible for the scheme throughout the entire calendar year, however they must be eligible for Medicare on the day of service.
Dental services covered by the Child Dental Benefits Schedule include
- Dental check-ups
- Teeth cleaning
- X-rays
- Fillings
- Fissure seals
- Extractions
- Root canal treatment
- Partial dentures
High end dental services such as Orthodontics or Cosmetic Dentistry are not included.
Yes, Dentists will be able to check patient eligibility by contacting Department of Human Services.
Patients have $1000 to use on dental treatment over a two year period. The 2 year period commences at the start of the calendar year, not from the first appointment date. The two year period starts from the calendar year in which the patient first receives an eligible dental service under CDBS.
Yes, patients can use their full benefits within the first year of eligibility if required. If this is the case, additional benefits will not be made available in the following year. If this is the case, and the child is first eligible for benefits in 2014 would then need to wait until 2016 before they can access a new $1000 depending on eligibility.
The $1000 benefit is available for the full 2 calendar years, so remaining benefits will be carried over to the second year for future use.
If the full $1000 is not used within the two calendar year period, remaining benefits cannot be used in the future.
After a patient reaches their $1000 benefit limit, no further benefits under the Child Dental Benefits Schedule will be available within the 2 calendar year period of time. If the child is still eligible in 2016, a new $1000 benefit will be granted
Patients will need to pay the balance for any treatment over $1000. It is best to talk to your Dentist to understand if this may occur.
No, patients with private health insurance are unable to claim benefits from both their health fund and the Child Dental Benefits Schedule for the same treatment.
Yes, private health insurance can be used for additional treatment not covered by Child Dental Benefits Schedule
All you need to do now is contact your local Dental Centre, check whether they are accepting Child Dental Benefits Schedule patients and if so, book an appointment.
Royal Park Dental is accepting Child Dental Benefits Schedule patients. To make an appointment, call 8347 1199 or request an appointment online.
Dentists may request that patients pay in full on the day of treatment and claim back eligible benefits from Medicare. Prior to any treatment occurring you will be informed of the treatment that will be provided on this day under the Child Dental Benefits Schedule, the likely cost of this treatment, including any out-of-pocket costs and the billing and payment arrangements for the services.
At the time of booking you will be informed as to whether the dentist you are booking with is bulk billing for this service or will require you to pay on the day and then claim back eligible benefits from Medicare.
Our dentists at Royal Park Dental are bulkbilling for eligible services under the Child Dental Benefits Schedule. In other words, they will not pay out of pocket costs for these services, subject to sufficient funds being available under the Child Dental Benefits Schedule benefit cap. Prior to treatment commencing you will be informed of the likely cost of this bulk billed treatment and any other out of pocket costs.
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Royal Park Dental Adelaide accepts - all health funds
Royal Park Dental Adelaide accepts - all health funds