Winning Smiles Dentist Blacktown

In December last year, in the wake of a  concerted campaign  by the ADA and the invaluable ongoing support of Labor and the Greens, in particular Catherine King and Richard Di Natale respectively, the Government announced that the Child Dental Benefit Schedule would be retained. It was a significant victory, tarnished only by the Government's decision to reduce the cap to $700. Today, however, following an urgent discussion yesterday between ADA President Hugo Sachs and the Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt, which was precipitated by the decision of a cross section of Senators to oppose cuts made by the Australian Government to the Child Dental Benefits Schedule (CDBS) cap, the Government has advised that it will be restoring the cap back to its original figure of $1000. The reduction to $700 would have led to more than 1 in 4 children who use the Scheme - around 250,000 children - facing the very real possibility of not having all their treatment needs met. With dental d