grossenbol

I saw a while ago on BE (i think) , somewhere on the GC that does bulkbilling dentistry. . I have searched the posts with no joy, my son needs braces in the next year or so and any help to reduce costs on basic stuff would be a great help, especially after reading some scary posts while doing a search, some prices were unbelievable... heard there was one in Helensvale. Any advice welcome or recommendations.
F. x

ABCDiamond

Not for Dentists.

Other than for basic work done at school dental vans, everything in Dental work has to be paid for.

quoll

I doubt that you are ever going to find a bulk billing orthodontist! The only thing I can think of would be the cranio facial specialists who deal with cleft palate and other disorders like CCD for example - they will do it for free but not for a regular kid with an overbite.

moneypenny20

Nope, not on the GC and they wouldn't cover braces anyway. Asprilla in Brissie has a bulk billing dentist but don't know who, where or whether they still have open lists.

ABCDiamond

Asprilla's post on that...
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showp...4&postcount=11

I want to hear more about this.... unless of course they are on the "Medicare chronic disease dental scheme".

jad n rich

Last one who tried it was killed in a stampede of 20 million aussies with bad teeth

Rosscarbery

Dental isn't covered by medicare, so I don't see how there can be such a thing as a bulkbilling dentist. Even if you have private medical insurance there are very low "lifetime limits" for orthodontics unfortunately.

tomcruise

call Griffith University Dental at 5678 0220. They are 1/2 price to most dentist. There will be teaching sessions associated with them though. They do take private insurance.

ABCDiamond

I heard they were looking for volunteer patients........

asprilla

I think I've been giving out some dud info. I haven't paid for any dental treatment (including fillings and a wisdom tooth extraction) - but it wasn't my medicare card I was handing over after each appt....it was my medibank private card.

By the way, I don't have any extras or dental cover, just the bog standard basic cover.

sorry for any confusion...

tomcruise

I just checked:

http://www.griffith.edu.au/health/sc...l-clinic/costs

and it says: "Discounts apply for Griffith Staff and Students for Professional Dentist rates ONLY."
Probably one of the benefits of woking at the Uni. So the half price is probably for this group.

...but still substantial saving for others as well.



Professional Dentist Student
Consultation $63.00 $37.30
First X-Ray $44.15 $26.15
Subsequent X-Rays $36.30 $21.50
Scale and Clean $107.00 $63.40

The clinic operates Monday to Friday from 8.00 am to 7pm
Appointments can be made by contacting the Dental Clinic on 07 5678 0220 or email [email protected]


Location address
Griffith University Dental Clinic
Centre for Medicine and Oral Health
16 – 30 High Street
Southport 4215

ABCDiamond

I am not sure how good those rates are:

Comparing them to what I paid for a normal dentist:

First Check up
Mine $41
Griffith Uni
Professional Dentist $63.00 Jan 2007
Treated by Student $37.30 Jan 2007

Cleaning
Mine $79
Griffith Uni
Professional Dentist $107.00 Jan 2007
Treated by Student $63.40 Jan 2007

Single X-Ray
Mine $34
Griffith Uni
Professional Dentist $44.15 Jan 2007
Treated by Student $26.15 Jan 2007