Free routine dental care is available for all eligible rangatahi until their 18th birthday, even if they have left school. In Otago and Southland, their free dental care transfers from the community oral health service to a participating local dental provider at the start of school year 9.
At the end of school year 8, the community oral health service will support rangatahi to transfer to a participating local dental provider. This is a dentist, oral health therapist or dental therapist who is approved to provide free dental care on behalf of Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora.
Contact us for a list of current participating dental providers in your local area, or visit Healthpoint.
Dentistry in Waitaki (Oamaru to Palmerston) — Healthpoint
Dentistry in Dunedin and South Otago — Healthpoint
Dentistry in Alexandra and Central Lakes — Healthpoint
Dentistry in Invercargill and Southland — Healthpoint