Anyone can receive emergency dental care through The Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne.
To access general, denture or specialist care through the public dental system, you need to be eligible.
The following people are eligible:
- All children who are 12 years and under
- People who hold one of the below concession cards and anyone listed on the card
- Newly arrived refugees and asylum seekers
- Children enrolled in special development schools
- Those in residential care provided by the Children, Youth and Families Division of the Department of Human Services
- All Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are treated at The Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne
Find out How to access dental care.
Priority access
If you meet any of the below criteria, tell the receptionist when you telephone to make an appointment that you may be eligible for ‘priority access’. You may not need to go onto a waiting list.
- Children and young people under 18 years of age
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- Newly arrived refugees and asylum seekers
- Pregnant women
- Registered patients with a psychiatric illness or intellectual disability who have a written recommendation from their case manager
Do you have children aged between 12 and 17 years?
They may be able to get free dental checks through the Medicare Teen Dental Plan.
Telephone 132 011 (charges apply) or visit www.medicareaustralia.gov.au to find out more.