You might have heard in the news that the Child Dental Benefits Schedule (CDBS) has been reprieved. For the foreseeable future at least. This is very good news. The Child Dental Benefits scheme was originally introduced in January of 2014. Aiming to povide up to $1000 of basic dental treatment and services to eligible children
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If you have Dental Private Health Insurance the chances are your health fund renews member benefits in January. In addition they also do not allow any unused funds to rollover. This is very important. Benefits from your dental private health insurance allows up to a certain dollar amount to be rebated each
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Sunshine Coast Smile Centre is proud to announce we have opened a third dental surgery at our Maroochydore based practice. Since taking over the ownership of Sunshine Coast Smile Centre in 2010 Jon and Aveen have worked hard to grow the practice. This has been achieved by following our dental philosophy and by
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Dr Anthony Caiafa, like all the dentists at Sunshine Coast Smile Centre, is a highly skilled and experienced practitioner. He has all have the knowledge to help patients of all ages achieve and maintain optimum oral health. However Dr Anthony Caiafa is uniquely skilled in more ways than one. He is one
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With help from our patients last year Sunshine Coast Smile Centre adopted a local struggling Sunshine Coast family that may not have celebrated Christmas otherwise. We had an amazing response from patients and after the huge success of last year’s Christmas hamper we are excited to adopt another family this Christmas. Being a
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Did you know Sunshine Coast Smile Centre is a leading Dental Implant Centre of Excellence on the Sunshine Coast? Many general dentists place dental implants. But not all have the knowledge and experience equivalent to the team at Sunshine Coast Smile Centre. Dr Jon Kerr, Dr Tony Caiafa and Dr Annie Walker have all undergone
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Sunshine Coast Smile Centre employs two professional dental hygienists that have over 15 combined years of experience. Suzanna is our oral health therapist. Dual trained as both a dental hygienist and dental therapist she possesses up-to-date clinical knowledge obtained through both formal and also informal professional development. Our dental hygienist Felicia joined the team at
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Over the last 20 years there have been some major dental advances that have totally changed the dental industry. While many people on the Sunshine Coast have a fear of going to the dentist, what they don’t realise is that these Dental Advances have made a visit to the dentist much more pleasant.
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A very important decision about Medicare’s Child Dental Benefits Scheme was made on 31st August 2016. Legislation was introduced to close the scheme from 1st January 2017 and replace it with a new initiative. This will be called the Child and Adult Public Dental Scheme. The closure of the Child Dental Benefits Schedule
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If you have ever experienced a toothache you would know it is not pleasant. Dental pain is one of the most common reasons why people visit their dentist. A toothache can usually be treated easily and in many cases can be prevented. Outlined below is a list of the 5 most common causes
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COTTON TREE, QLD 4558
Phone: (07) 5443 2800
Email: sunshinecoast@smileon.com.au
