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Mon – Fri: 9.00AM – 6.00PM;
Sat : 9.00AM – 1.00PM Sun : Closed
Location:
129B, 1 Clare Burton Crescent Franklin, ACT, 2913
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The Child Dental Benefits Scheme
Child Dental Benefits Schedule (CDBS):
is a government funded dental health program which provides approximately 3 million Australian children (aged 2–17) with access to a benefit cap of up to $1,000 for basic dental services over a consecutive two-year period. Franklin Dental Care is happy to support all patients who are eligible for assistance under the CDBS.
The two-year period begins with your child’s first dental visit that is covered by the benefit. If you don’t use the entire $1,000 benefit in the first year, you can continue to access the balance of your child’s benefit in the second year – as long as your child is still eligible.
At the end of the two-year period, you cannot carry forward any remaining balance into the following year. You will have to begin a new two-year benefit cap period.
The CDBS covers a range of basic dental services*:
- Clean and scale
- Check-ups and examinations
- X-rays
- Fissure sealing
- Filling treatments
- Root canal therapy
- Tooth extractions
*The CDBS benefit is not available for cosmetic or orthodontic dental services.
Eligibility
To be eligible for the CDBS, your child must be aged between 2 and 17, be eligible for Medicare, and be receiving a Government payment (for you, your child or your teenage child’s partner) on at least 1 day within the calendar year.
You should also have received a letter from Medicare advising you of your children’s eligibility for the CDBS.