The Child Dental Benefits Schedule (CDBS) provides dental services to children aged between 2 and 17 years, to the value of $1000 over 2 consecutive calendar years.
To find out if your child is eligible for the Child Dental Benefit Scheme, complete the form on the right and we’ll get in touch with you.
The 2 year cap period starts when your child or teenager first gets an eligible dental service.
Dental services include:
- examinations
- X-rays
- cleaning
- fissure sealing
- fillings
- root canals
- extractions, and
- partial dentures
To be eligible for the CDBS, your child must:
- be aged 2 to 17 years for at least 1 day of the calendar year
- be eligible for Medicare on the day of service
- get, or be part of a family getting, certain Australian Government payments