Dentist near Mindarie

How dental care works in Australia

Medicare covers GP visits, but it doesn't cover most dental care for adults. Most dentists here are private, and there are no NHS-style charge bands: each part of your treatment has its own item number and fee.

• Private health insurance with extras cover (sometimes called general treatment) helps pay for dental care. New policies often have waiting periods before you can claim, so check yours.
• Children may be eligible for Medicare's Child Dental Benefits Schedule, which we bulk-bill.
• Before any bigger treatment, you'll get a written estimate with item numbers, so you can check what your fund will pay.
• We use HICAPS, so your fund's rebate comes off at the desk and you just pay the gap.

Bringing your dental history

If you've had crowns, implants, root canal treatment or orthodontics back home, it helps us to know. Ask your old practice for copies of your recent X-rays and notes — many will email them — and bring what you have to your first visit.

No records? That's fine. We'll start with a full check-up and take the X-rays we need.

A few words that are different here

• Check-up and clean — what you might know as a check-up and scale and polish.
• Extras cover — the part of your private health insurance that pays towards dental.
• The gap — what's left to pay after your health fund's rebate.
• Preferred provider — a practice with an agreement with a fund, which can mean a smaller gap. We're a preferred provider for HBF, HCF, HIF, nib and CBHS.

Getting here from Mindarie

1. Head east to Marmion Avenue, then north through Quinns Rocks, Butler, Alkimos and Eglinton.
2. At Yanchep, continue onto Two Rocks Road and follow it north into Two Rocks.
3. In Two Rocks, the road becomes Lisford Avenue and then Breakwater Drive.
4. Turn into Constellation Entrance at the roundabout on Breakwater Drive — we're at number 6.

Mindarie's nearest station is Clarkson. From there the Yanchep line runs four stops north to Yanchep Station, and route 498 goes on to Two Rocks. For most people from Mindarie, driving is simpler.

Questions from Mindarie