Table 5 The estimated costs for dental services provided under the CDBS against the type of dental service for Models A and B
From: A dental workforce strategy to make Australian public dental services more efficient
Type of dental service | Model A (National 1:4) | Model B (Victoria 2:3) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DH (A$) | DT/OHT (A$) | Dentist (A$) | Subtotal (A$) | OHT (A$) | Dentist (A$) | Subtotal (A$) | |
Diagnostics | 3 411 108 | 6 784 314 | 59 861 769 | 70 057 191 | 20 249 553 | 45 437 891 | 65 687 444 |
Preventive | 7 785 212 | 15 483 921 | 137 124 425 | 160 393 559 | 46 215 798 | 104 083 871 | 150 299 669 |
Periodontics | 22 756 | 45 258 | 400 805 | 468 819 | 135 086 | 304 230 | 439 316 |
Oral surgery | 0 | 4 172 480 | 42 320 870 | 46 493 349 | 11 635 674 | 31 574 730 | 43 210 404 |
Endodontics | 0 | 223 659 | 7 938 492 | 8 162 151 | 623 710 | 7 362 463 | 7 986 174 |
Restorative services | 0 | 22 474 406 | 199 046 958 | 221 521 364 | 62 673 728 | 141 164 565 | 203 838 293 |
Prosthodontics | 0 | 0 | 692 152 | 692 152 | 0 | 692 152 | 692 152 |
General services | 7 011 | 13 943 | 2 759 595 | 2 780 549 | 41 617 | 2 729 842 | 2 771 459 |
Total | 11 226 086 | 49 197 981 | 450 145 066 | 510 569 133 | 141 575 166 | 333 349 744 | 474 924 910 |