SCHEDULE 2PROVISION OF SERVICES: UNITS OF DENTAL ACTIVITY AND UNITS OF ORTHODONTIC ACTIVITY

F1PART 1ABand 2 courses of treatment – sub-bands

Annotations:

Sub-band 2a treatments2A

The following Band 2 courses of treatments are within sub-band 2a—

a

non-surgical periodontal treatment including root-planing, deep scaling, irrigation of periodontal pockets and subgingival curettage and all necessary scaling and polishing;

b

surgical periodontal treatment, including gingivectomy, gingivoplasty or removal of an operculum;

c

surgical periodontal treatment, including raising and replacement of a mucoperiostal flap, curettage, root planing and bone resection;

d

free gingival grafts;

e

sealant restorations;

f

pulpotomy;

g

apicectomy;

h

transplantation of teeth;

i

oral surgery including surgical removal of cyst, buried root, unerupted tooth, impacted tooth or exostosed tooth and alveolectomy;

j

soft tissue surgery in relation to the buccal cavity and lips;

k

frenectomy, frenoplasty and frenotomy;

l

relining and rebasing dentures including soft linings;

m

addition of tooth, clasp, labial or buccal flange to dentures;

n

splints (other than laboratory fabricated splints) in relation to periodontally compromised teeth and in connection with external trauma;

o

bite raising appliances (other than laboratory fabricated appliances);

p

permanent fillings in amalgam, composite resin, synthetic resin, glass ionomer, compomers, silicate or silico-phosphate, including acid etch retention, if delivered to less than 3 teeth in single course of treatment;

q

extraction of one or two teeth; and

r

endodontic treatment of any retained deciduous teeth.

Sub-band 2b treatments2B

The following Band 2 courses of treatments are within sub-band 2b—

a

permanent fillings in amalgam, composite resin, synthetic resin, glass ionomer, compomers, silicate or silico-phosphate, including acid etch retention, if delivered to 3 or more teeth in single course of treatment;

b

endodontic treatment of any permanent teeth, excluding molar teeth; and

d

extraction of three or more teeth.

Sub-band 2c treatments2C

The Band 2 course of treatment within sub-band 2c is endodontic treatment of permanent molar teeth.