Public dental services are delivered via a range of facilities including mobile dental clinics, school dental clinics and community dental clinics. For adults and their dependants to be eligible for free public dental care they must be a Queensland resident and, where applicable, receive benefits from any of the following concession cards:.
Public dental care for children may be provided on-site at schools through fixed or mobile dental clinics or at larger community dental clinics by teams including dentists, oral health therapists, dental therapists and dental assistants. This includes dental examinations, x-rays, cleaning, fissure sealing, fillings, root canal treatments and extractions. Benefits are not available for orthodontic or cosmetic dental work.
Public dental services in Queensland are funded by the government and are provided free to eligible people. You are responsible for the cost of your transport to and from dental clinics. Central West Hospital and Health Service provides adult, and child and adolescent oral health services from:. Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service provides adult, and child and adolescent oral health services from:.
Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service provides adult, and child and adolescent oral health services from:. Visit the Mackay Hospital and Health Service website for information. Visit the Metro North Hospital and Health Service website for information on their oral health services, including clinic locations. Metro South Hospital and Health Service provides adult, and child and adolescent oral health services from:.
Visit the Metro South Hospital and Health Service website for information on their oral health services. Visit the South West Hospital and Health Service website for information on their oral health services. Visit Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service for information on their clinic locations and opening days. Fixed school clinics also operate from Townsville, Ayr and Ingham, with mobile clinics services schools across the region. Visit the Townsville Hospital and Health Service website for further information.
