Dental Health
Dental
This section of the department's website provides information about the government's dental initiatives.
Chronic Disease Dental Scheme
The Chronic Disease Dental Scheme is now closed. No Medicare benefits are payable for any dental services provided from 1 December 2012 under Medicare dental items 85011-87777.
Further details regarding the closure are available at the Chronic Disease Dental Scheme page.
Dental Health Links
The following links provide information on the government's dental health initiatives.
Program/Initiatives
- Medicare Teen Dental Plan
- Chronic Disease Dental Scheme
- Dental Reform
- Mental Health Professionals Network
- Oral Health Therapist Graduate Year Measure
Publications
- GP Super Clinics National Program Guide 2010
- The Primary Health Care Research, Evaluation and Development (PHCRED) Strategy Phase three 2010-14 publication
- A National Health and Hospitals Network for Australia’s future
- A Healthier Future for All Australians: National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission - Final Report June 2009
