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cohealth is a fully accredited oral health provider. We offer high quality, low cost or free emergency and general dental care in Melbourne. Get access to a professional team of registered dentists, dental and oral health therapists, dental prosthetists, oral health educators and dental assistants.
Good oral health is vital to all round health and wellbeing. Poor oral health can be very painful and could lead to other serious health problems. Most oral health issues can be prevented or managed with professional help.
For adults:
For children:
We have a prosthetist who can make dentures. We can also help if you have any pain or problems with your dentures. Our dentists can provide information on denture cleaning and care to help you maintain your dentures.
Specialist dental care referrals are available for eligible clients. Clients who meet strict guidelines set by the Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne (RDHM) are referred for care to the RDHM Carlton. A small co-payment fee will occur for this service. You can be referred for specialist services including:
Adults are eligible for public oral health services at cohealth if they live in Victoria and
Children and Young People are eligible for public oral health services at cohealth if they live in Victoria and:
Check if you are eligible by reading ‘Who is this for’. Then contact a cohealth dental care location to request an appointment.
The following groups do not have to pay anything for screening or treatment:
For people who do not fall into the groups above and who meet the service eligibility criteria, there is a co-payment cost of $31.00 per visit with a maximum of $124 for a general course of care. There is also a cost of $74.50 per denture, capped at $149 for upper and lower dentures.
It is important that you access treatment early. Please speak to one of our staff if you are unable to pay the fee.
You can learn more on our fees page, or call us to find out more.
Dental Health Services Victoria (DHSV) determine wait times/priority access for public oral health services. A client who is eligible for public dental services, may also have no wait time/priority access.
No wait time/priority access means that the client is allocated the next available appointment for general dental care. Common/ideal practice is that the “next available appointment” is within a six week period from the time of the call/referral.
Priority clients are not placed on a general care waitlist.
Priority clients who need dentures, will be offered the next available appointment for denture care. If no appointment is available they are added to a priority denture list.
The following groups have no wait time/priority access to public dental services, if they meet the requirements/have the appropriate evidence:
Children (0-12 years): All children aged 0-12 who live in Victoria
Young people (13-17)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples who self-identify.
Refugees and asylum seekers
Documentation that proves refugee or asylum seeker status:
People experiencing homeless or at risk of homelessness
Supported by a Specialist Homelessness Service and:
Registered client of a mental health service
Person with an intellectual/cognitive disability
A current/active case manager or a letter from a special developmental school and:
Pregnant women
For everybody else there will be a wait time, which will depend on your level of need.
While you are waiting for your care, if an emergency occurs contact us for emergency dental services.
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cohealth is a not-for-profit community health organisation. We provide essential health and support services in Melbourne’s CBD, inner-north and inner-west, and the east coast of Tasmania.
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