What are the different paediatric ages for the dentist's cheque?
The ages are divided into:
- 2 to 6 years
- 7 to 9 years old
- 10 to 12 years old
- 13 to 14 years
- 16 to 18 years old
The 15-year-old consultation can be inserted in the age group of 13 to 14 or 16 to 18 years old.
How are dental vouchers used?
According to norm of the Directorate-General for Health, the use is as follows:
- until October 31, 2021 for all children with document issuance until August 31, 2021
- from 1 January 2022 to 31 October 2022 for children with documents issued on or after 1 November 2021
As of November 1, 2021, the issuance of dental checks and referrals for oral hygienists for children of the 2008, 2011 and 2014 birth years will also begin.
What are the conditions of the dentist's voucher from 2 to 6 years old?
According to the standard of the Directorate-General for Health, all children aged 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 years have access to preventive and curative treatment, in case of the existence of caries lesion in primary teeth (commonly called milk teeth), through the issuance of a dentist's check by the family doctor, or doctor assistant, whenever the patient does not have a doctor assigned.
To access the dentist's voucher you must make an appointment with your family doctor.
Number of dental checks you are entitled to
Children who until December 31 of each year turn 4 years old, can have access to a referral to an oral hygienist in primary health care units or are assigned up to two dentist checks, for preventive and curative treatments issued by the family doctor in the child and youth health consultation at the Health Center. Children aged 5 and 6 have access to a dentist's check.
Validity of dental vouchers
Dental cheques have an expiry date printed on the sheet itself, and this date is the deadline for the use of all cheques to which you may be entitled.
What are the conditions of the dentist's voucher from 7 to 9 years old?
All 7-year-olds, regardless of the school or institution they attend, have access to the dentist's voucher issued at the school's area health centre. This is delivered at the school to parents or students.
Children of intermediate ages (8.9 years) have access, through the family doctor, whenever he detects situations of caries in permanent teeth and as long as they have used the cheque before the age of 7.
Both in health centers with an oral hygienist and where this professional does not exist, the work is provided by nurses from the school health teams. Checks are delivered to the school, organized by class for class directors to give to parents.
Children aged 8 and 9 who have used the cheque at the age of 7 have access, through their family doctor, to an intermediate cheque.
Number of dental vouchers you are entitled to
- Children under 7 years old, according to the treatment plan defined by the adhering doctor, have access to up to 2 vouchers
- Children aged 8 and 9 have access to a cheque
Treatments to which you are entitled
Children under 7 years of age are entitled to the sealing of fissures in healthy molars and premolars and to the treatment of all cavities in permanent teeth.
Children aged 8 and 9 have access to up to 2 caries treatments on permanent teeth.
Validity of dental vouchers
Dentist's cheques have an expiration date printed on the sheet itself, and this date is the limit for the use of all cheques to which you may be entitled.
Failure to use it at age 7 makes it impossible to access intermediate dental vouchers for age 8 and 9.
What are the conditions of the dentist's voucher from 10 to 12 years old?
All 10-year-olds, regardless of the school or institution they attend, have access to a dentist's voucher issued at the school's area health centre. This is delivered at the school to parents or students.
Children of intermediate ages (11 and 12 years old) have access, through the family doctor, whenever he detects situations of caries in permanent teeth and that the dentist's voucher has been used before the age of 10.
Both in health centers with an oral hygienist and where this professional does not exist, the work is provided by nurses from the school health teams. Checks are delivered to the school, organized by class for class directors to give to parents.
Children aged 11 and 12, who used the dental voucher at the age of 10, have access, through their family doctor, to an intermediate cheque.
Number of dental vouchers you are entitled to
- Children aged 10 years, according to the treatment plan defined by the adhering doctor, have access to up to 2 cheques
- Children aged 11 and 12 have access to a cheque
Treatments to which you are entitled
- Children as young as 10 years old have the right to have fissures sealed in healthy molars and premolars and to have all cavities treated in permanent teeth
- Children aged 11 and 12 have access to up to 2 caries treatments on permanent teeth
Validity of dental vouchers
Failure to use it at age 10 makes it impossible to access intermediate cheques at age 11 and 12. There is only a requirement of prior education for children aged 7, 10 and 13 years.
What are the conditions of the dentist's voucher from 13 to 14 years old?
All 13-year-olds, regardless of the school or institution they attend, have access to the dentist's voucher issued at the school's area health centre. This is delivered at the school to parents or students.
Children of intermediate ages (14 years and 15 years old by the end of August this year) have access, through the family doctor, whenever situations of caries in permanent teeth are detected and the check for the age group before 13 years old has been used.
Both in health centers with an oral hygienist, and where this professional does not exist and the work is provided by nurses from the school health teams, the checks are delivered to the school. These are organized by class for class directors to deliver to parents.
14-year-olds, who have used the 13-year-old dentist's cheque, have access, through their family doctor, to an intermediate cheque.
Number of dental vouchers you are entitled to
- Children aged 13 years, according to the treatment plan defined by the adhering doctor, have access to up to 3 vouchers
- 14-year-olds have access to a cheque
Treatments to which you are entitled
- 13-year-olds are entitled to the sealing of fissures in healthy molars and premolars and to the treatment of all cavities in permanent teeth
- 14-year-olds have access to up to 2 caries treatments on permanent teeth
Validity of dental vouchers
Failure to use it at the age of 13 makes it impossible to access it at the age of 14 and 16. There is only a requirement of precedence in relation to children aged 7, 10 and 13 years.
What are the conditions of the dentist's voucher from 16 to 18 years old?
Young people aged 16 and 18 have access as long as they have used the 13-year-old cheque and the 16-year-old cheque, respectively, issued by the administrative assistant of the Health Centre.
Number of dental vouchers you are entitled to
Children aged 16 and 18 have access to a cheque.
Treatments to which you are entitled
- 16-year-olds are entitled to the sealing of fissures in healthy molars and premolars and to the treatment of all cavities in permanent teeth
- 18-year-olds have the right to treatment for all cavities in permanent teeth
Validity of dental vouchers
Dental cheques have an expiry date printed on the sheet itself, and this date is the deadline for the use of all cheques to which you may be entitled.
Failure to use it at the age of 13 makes access at the age of 14 and 16 unfeasible. Failure to use it at the age of 16 makes it impossible to access it at the age of 18.
Source: Directorate-General for Health (DGS)