Appendix B Current child oral health services provided by the – States and Territories State / Eligibility Criteria Eligibility Criteria Card Services Cost – – Territory Age Holders QLD All Queensland Children under four years Queensland Health’s Child and Adolescent Oral Health No cost to patient. residents aged of age are eligible for Services provides oral health care services to school four and over public oral health services aged children. Services include dental check-ups, who have not if they are concession information on oral health and nutrition, x-rays, cleaning completed year card holders or teeth, fluoride applications, fissure sealants, fillings, 10 of secondary dependents of current extractions, and referrals to dental specialists where school concession card holders, necessary. Services are usually provided on-site at or under the guardianship schools through fixed or mobile dental clinics, but in Queensland of the Director-General, some districts oral health services are centralised at residents aged Child Care Services, larger dental clinics. below four Department of years, if eligible Emergency care is provided through public dental Communities. clinics. Public dental clinics also provide oral health Specialist services are only services to eligible children below school age. available to concession card holders or dependents of concession card holders. NSW All children under 18 N/A General and preventative dental care for children is No cost to patient years of age who delivered by Local Health Districts. Each Local Health District are eligible for provides service through clinics, which may be located in Medicare schools, community health centres, hospitals, or (in rural districts) through mobile dental clinics.
Appendix B – Current child oral health services provided by the States and Territories State / Territory Eligibility Criteria – Age Eligibility Criteria – Card Holders Services Cost QLD All Queensland residents aged four and over who have not completed year 10 of secondary school Queensland residents aged below four years, if eligible Children under four years of age are eligible for public oral health services if they are concession card holders or dependents of current concession card holders, or under the guardianship of the Director-General, Child Care Services, Department of Communities. Specialist services are only available to concession card holders or dependents of concession card holders. Queensland Health’s Child and Adolescent Oral Health Services provides oral health care services to school aged children. Services include dental check-ups, information on oral health and nutrition, x-rays, cleaning teeth, fluoride applications, fissure sealants, fillings, extractions, and referrals to dental specialists where necessary. Services are usually provided on-site at schools through fixed or mobile dental clinics, but in some districts oral health services are centralised at larger dental clinics. Emergency care is provided through public dental clinics. Public dental clinics also provide oral health services to eligible children below school age. No cost to patient. NSW All children under 18 years of age who are eligible for Medicare N/A General and preventative dental care for children is delivered by Local Health Districts. Each Local Health District provides service through clinics, which may be located in schools, community health centres, hospitals, or (in rural districts) through mobile dental clinics. No cost to patient