Dental Subsidy Schemes

DHS also facilitates subsidised general and emergency dental care for financially or geographically disadvantaged persons through the following schemes: • Country Patients Dental Subsidy Scheme (CPDSS) – complements the care provided through country public dental clinics and usually operates in locations where there is no reasonable access to a Government Dental Clinic. • Metropolitan Patients Dental Subsidy Scheme (MPDSS) – provides eligible patients in the metropolitan area, who are on a public dental waiting list and have been contacted by DHS to undergo a course of non-urgent subsidised general dental care at participating private dental practitioners. • Private Orthodontic Subsidy Scheme (POSS) – enables eligible patients contacted by DHS to receive subsidised specialist orthodontic services in country locations, as all subsidised specialist services are currently only available in Perth.