Cheap dental care

Updated 30th April 2009

This is just a bit of useful information to save you money on dental bills.

Description

The Oral Health Service is a regional service managed by the Auckland District Health Board (ADHB) with the majority of clinics held at Greenlane Clinical Centre, Middlemore Hospital, Buckland Road and the Mangere Refugee Centre.

Children and adults from the Waitemata District Health Board are treated at Greenlane Clinical Centre.

The Oral Health Service also holds clinics and inpatient and daystay operating sessions at Starship Children’s Health, Auckland City Hospital, and Middlemore Hospital.
Most dental services for the Counties Manukau population are provided at the Oral Health Clinic at Middlemore Hospital and Buckland Road Southern Cross Campus at Mangere.

SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE ORAL HEALTH DENTAL SERVICE

* Emergency relief of pain clinics. (includes tooth pulled)
* Primary care (community) dental service for IHC and special needs children.
* Secondary services (hospital) for medically compromised patients including cardiac, oncology, respiratory, immuno-compromised.
* Cleft lip & palate and orthodontics.
* Tertiary services (complex hospital) in both inpatient and outpatient settings across the Auckland region.
* After hours on-call regional acute service for oral and maxillofacial surgery for the treatment of acute trauma.

Relief of Pain Service

* $40.00 (except children and referred psychiatric patients who are free). This needs to be paid on the day of treatment at the Cashiers Office, Ground Floor, Greenlane Clinical Centre or directly to the Receptionists at Middlemore Hospital.
* We accept payment by cash or EFTPOS only.
* The $40.00 user part charge covers the consultation time and x-ray. If you are required to come back for further treatment or you decide to seek private dental treatment, this does not mean that your RPO consultation is free.
* Some treatments will have an extra charge, for instance, the extraction of wisdom teeth under general anaesthetic costs $350.00.
* The Oral Health staff will advise you of any additional charges.

Locations of Services and Facilities:

Middlemore Hospital
Map and location information
Phone (09) 276 0145

Green Lane Hospital Oral Clinic.
214 Green Lane West, Epsom. Auckland
Map and location information
Phone (09) 367 0000

Starship Children’s Health
Park Road, Grafton. Auckland
Directions
Phone: (09) 3074949

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Another solution is to go to certain Dental clinics that are cheap for pain relief.

Pull a tooth: $40.00 (may be more depending on need)
X _Ray: $25.00

Albany
Appollo Medical Centre
Lv1: 119 Appollo Drive, Albany
Ph: (09) 477 3795

Sylvia park
(Sylivia Park Shopping Centre)
N219 Sylvia Park
Ph: 0800 4 76453

Henderson
(Wai Health)
15 Ratanui Street, Henderson
Ph: (09) 835 4422

Remuera
Unit 42, 130 Gt. South Rd, Remuera
Ph: (09) 523 1288

Otahuhu
LV1, 469 Gt. South Rd, Otahuhu
Ph: (09) 276 5855

Manakau
(Manakau City medical Centre)
18 Wiri Station Rd,
Ph: (09) 262 1133

Papakura
(Counties Care medical Centre)
79-85 Gt. South Rd,
Ph: (09) 298 5120

Glenfield
(Northern Medical Centre)
212 Wairu Road, Glenfield
Ph: (09) 444 0011

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If you want some heavy duty dental care, this may be of interest.

Tourists flocking to India for cheap dental care – and a holiday

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Kids

Routine dental checks are provided free for all children through school clinics. Free dental treatment is also available if requested.

Teenagers

The Government’s Dental Benefits Scheme aims to cover the cost of dental care for teenagers aged 13 to 18. But involvement in this subsidised scheme is voluntary and many dentists prefer not to participate. There are also restrictions on the types of dental care available. To obtain this free service you must register with a dentist who subscribes to the scheme.

For details of local school clinics and dentists offering free services to adolescents, contact the Dental Service Manager in your local District Health Board (see the ‘Hospitals & other service providers’ section in the front of the White Pages).