This table shows the benefits and annual limits for the goods and services claimable under Standard Extras for dental. In general, annual limits apply per financial year (1 July through to 30 June) and are the maximum amount you can claim within a financial year for the services or items within the particular category.
Once the annual limit has been reached, no further benefits are payable for those extras services until the next financial year. As long as the services are provided by an approved health practitioner in private practice a benefit will be made available up to the annual limit.
$400 per person
2 months for general dental
12 months for major dental
Defence Health has established set benefits for individual dental services. There are limits to the number of times some items may attract a benefit per year and others that may not attract a benefit at all. Download a complete dental listing.
If you are planning extensive treatment, ask your dentist for the item number and costs, then call Defence Health for a quote.
Unlimited
2 months
$120 per person
$450 per person up to $1,000 per family
$150 per person
$250 per person
Defence Health provides a benefit for non-PBS pharmaceuticals. The benefit payable is the difference between prescription amount and the PBS fee*.
No benefit is payable for items not related to a medical condition, products that can be purchased without a script or pharmaceutical items supplied to a hospital inpatient.
* The PBS fee is set by the Australian Government and is increased annually on 1 January.
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