Fees
Payment
Fees are payable at the end of each appointment by cash, cheque or EFTPOS. Payment plan options are also available to patients, subject to T&C’s, which our team can speak to you about.
Private Health Insurance Claims
We are online with most health funds via the HICAPS system so claims can be processed electronically on the day.
Child Dental Benefits Schedule (CDBS)
Eligible children that need to see a dentist can do so without any out of pocket expense from this Medicare funded scheme. The CDBS commenced in Australia at the start of 2014 and assists eligible families with up to $1,026 worth of selected general treatment per child over a 2 calendar year period. Click the link below for more information:
South Australian Dental Service (SADS)
We welcome all eligible patients who receive approval from the South Australian Dental Service (SADS) to partake in their various dental schemes. The schemes include the General Dental Scheme (GDS), Pensioner Denture Scheme (PDS) and Emergency Dental Scheme (EDS). Please refer to your local SADS clinic to check your eligibility.
Workcover
We provide treatment for patients claiming through Workcover.
Department of Veteran’s Affairs
We accept Department of Veteran’s Affairs patients who have been issued with Gold Cards
Preferred Providers
Some insurers are attempting to influence patients and dentists to participate in their 'preferred provider' schemes. These schemes are designed to provide patients to dentists through an arrangement with the health fund.
The term 'preferred' is misleading as it refers to preference of the insurer based on the cost to the insurer.
We do not participate in these schemes, as we do not believe in contracted dentistry.
We wish to be able to provide the current high standard of service to our patients without any restrictions to the decision making process with our patients or the proper execution of high quality dental care.
Our aim with all our patients is to 'restore and prevent' for the long term. Lower quality dentistry will not achieve this and may even cause more complex and costly problems later.