SCHEDULE 2PROVISION OF SERVICES: UNITS OF DENTAL ACTIVITY AND UNITS OF ORTHODONTIC ACTIVITY
F1PART 1ABand 2 courses of treatment – sub-bands
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.
Sch. 2 Pt. 1A inserted (25.11.2022) by The National Health Service (Primary Dental Services) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1132), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(b), Sch. 2