Fees and Charges for Public Health
Care Services provided by the Department of Health
DENTAL
SERVICES
Notes
The
categories of patients eligible for dental
treatment at Government dental clinics and
Government dental units in Hospital Authority
hospitals are as follows:
(1)
Persons
in need of emergency treatment
(2)
Patients
requiring dental treatment as an essential
part of their medical treatment
(A)
Eligible Persons:
$
(a)
Emergency treatment
(includes extractions and other oral surgical
emergencies)
No charge
(b)
Prosthetic
appliances
(i)
Acrylic denture,
per tooth **
43
(Maximum for one jaw denture
of more than 5 teeth)
375
(Minimum for one jaw denture
of one to five teeth)
190
(ii)
Remodelling of denture
80
(iii)
Repairing / Relining of
denture
73
(iv)
Addition of teeth, per tooth
43
(Maximum for one jaw denture)
80
(v)
Obturator **
43 per
tooth plus 125
(vi)
Maxillo-facial prostheses
280 -
545
(vii)
Other maxillo-facial appliances
(Splints; applicators for radiotherapy; occlusion
appliances, etc.)
No charge
** For chrome-cobalt
appliances, the charges are doubled.
(c)
Other treatment
including conservative treatment, periodontal
treatment and oral surgical treatment considered
to be essential to the treatment of the patient
by the attending dental officer
No charge
(B)
Non-eligible
Persons:
$
(a)
Emergency treatment
(includes extractions and other oral surgical
emergencies)
700
Note: The above charge includes,
where appropriate, the costs of prescriptions,
X-ray and laboratory investigations.
(b)
Prosthetic
appliances
(i)
Fixed Appliance
Gold - (Crown
/ Inlay / Onlay / Bridge) per unit
1,430
Porcelain - (Crown / Bridge)
per unit
1,840
Maryland Bridge
- per porcelain unit
1,840
- per metal unit
520
(ii)
Removable Appliance
Chrome-Cobalt
Denture - Metal Frame
2,420
plus 50 per tooth
Acrylic Denture - Base
1,060
plus 50 per tooth
Obturators - Base
1,260
plus 50 per tooth
Repair / Reline / Addition
255
plus 50 per tooth
(iii)
Implantology
Infrastructure
- per implant
2,100
Suprastructure
- per crown unit
2,540
- per denture
4,180
(iv)
Maxillo-facial
prostheses and other maxillo-facial appliances
At
cost as
determined by the dental officers attending
the patient
(c)
Other
treatment including conservative treatment,
periodontal treatment and oral surgical treatment
considered to be essential to the treatment
of the patient by the attending dental officer
