Resources

This document summarises the 2 day co-design workshop conducted by HealthConsult with representatives from the oral health sector on 3 and 4 December 2024.

This fact sheet provides more information about the Child Dental Benefits Schedule.

This poster explains how your child could be eligible for the Child Dental Benefits Schedule.  

The Dental Benefits Schedule items and rates provides easy access to the list of items and rates for 2025 for dental health practitioners.

This guide is for dentists and explains the arrangements and requirements for the Child Dental Benefits Schedule (CDBS).

This report is the Australian Government response to the recommendations made by the Senate Select Committee into the Provision of and Access to Dental Services in Australia.

Keep your teeth healthy by brushing in the morning and at night, eating more fruit and veggies, choosing water as a drink and having regular dental check-ups.

This independent review of the Dental Benefits Act 2008 looked at the operation and administration of the Act in relation to the Child Dental Benefits Schedule. The report was tabled in the Australian Parliament on 2 August 2023.

This document summarises the discussion and outcomes of the third Roadmap Implementation Governance Group (RIGG) meeting held on 1 August 2022.

This report outlines the feasibility and best approach to increasing dental and oral health training through the Rural Heath Multidisciplinary Training Program in rural and remote locations.

This report outlines the feasibility and best approach to increasing dental and oral health training through the Rural Heath Multidisciplinary Training Program in rural and remote locations. This technical paper outlines the associated costs.

This fact sheet tells you about how to care for your teeth. You can download the fact sheet in PDF to read online or print.

A Budget 2022–23 fact sheet.

The Child Dental Benefits Schedule (CDBS) brochure is being made available to children and their parents or guardians to provide information on the scheme.

From 1 July 2022, dental hygienists, dental therapists, and oral health therapists can access Medicare provider numbers to directly claim for services under the Child Dental Benefits Schedule (CDBS).

The National Oral Health Plan 2015–2024 has 2 national goals. Firstly, to improve the oral health status of Australians by reducing the incidence, prevalence and effects of oral disease. And secondly to reduce inequalities in oral health status across the Australian population.

Dentists who bulk bill patients under the Child Dental Benefits Schedule (CDBS) must discuss the treatment and costs for basic dental services before providing the service. If the patient, or their parent or guardian, agrees to the services and cost, they must sign this consent form.

Dentists who bill patients under the Child Dental Benefits Schedule (CDBS) must discuss the treatment and costs for basic dental services before providing the service. If the patient, or their parent or guardian, agrees to the services and cost, they must sign this consent form.

These reports provide the results of the oral health workforce planning projections. They are part of our series on Australia’s Future Health Workforce.

These ministerial guidelines set out the extenuating circumstances in which dental providers will be exempt from complying with certain conditions outlined in the informed financial consent requirements of Rule 15 of the Dental Benefits Rules 2013.