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We hope that you had a safe and enjoyable holiday period and that you were able to relax and take a break in the company of your friends and loved ones.

It is now the beginning of a new year and with it, new goals and milestones start to set and take shape in our minds.  We wish all your dreams and hopes for the new year come to reality.

In setting up your goals, it is also now the best time to plan how you will maintain your dental health at an optimum level in this new year.  Six-monthly checkups are essential in helping you maintain your teeth and gums healthy and detect any early signs of decay before these become severe. 

If it is about achieving a beautiful bright smile, why not the whitening treatment that you have been wanting to have for long but never went ahead with.  If in the past you did not pay much attention to the missing tooth that you have had for long, it is now the best time to plan to have it restored this year to help you improve your dental health and confidence when smiling.

Just give us a call whatever dental treatment you are looking for.  We are just simply a phone call away on 0493 132 294 and we will organise your dental appointment at the best time that suits you. 

However it would not had been possible to overcome all the challenges that 2021 brought to us without your valuable support. It is now the time to show appreciation and thank you immensely for choosing us to look after your dental care.

Please be advised that we will be closed from Thursday the 23rd of December 2021 and will reopen on Monday the 10th January 2022.

To all our dear patients, suppliers and business partners, we hope that you and your family are healthy and safe during these challenging times.

Please note that we have a new phone number: 0493 132 294. Our current number (9460 8909) will no longer be in use after the 1st of October of 2021.  We apologise for the inconvenience but kindly ask you to please update your records accordingly.

As usual, and even more through these unprecedented times, we remain strongly committed to provide you with the safest environment and the highest quality of service.

We would like to assure you that we continue implementing the appropriate health protection measures to maintain the highest level of safety for you and our staff under the guidance of the Australian Government Department of Health, Australian Dental Association and World Health Organization.  But we also need your help to minimise the risk of any potential impact to our services.

– If you are feeling unwell please let us know so we can reschedule your appointment until you are feeling better. 

– If you think that you might have been in contact with someone carrying the virus or if you have had the virus before we need to see a doctor’s letter certifying that you have recovered. 

– We are still using our waiting room following social distancing rules and infection control protocols. However, we would like you to ring us before walking into our premises in case the waiting room is busy.  It is known that minimising the number of people-contact is the best way to stop the spread. 

– We have increased hygiene and sanitation protocols particularly for high contact areas. When you arrive, we will ask you to use hand sanitiser available in the waiting room. 

On behalf of everyone at My Dentist St Leonards, we hope you, your family and loved ones are safe while we all battle against the Coronavirus disease.

Please know that My Dentist St Leonards is still open for all urgent and emergency dental treatment that you may need.

We continue committed to provide you with the highest quality of care in a safe environment. And in view of the current circumstances we have improved and are reinforcing our hygiene protocols and practices under the guidance issued by The Australian Government Department of Health, Australian Dental Association and World Health Organization.

These are some of the measures that we are applying:

Increased hygiene and sanitation protocols particularly for high contact areas

Additional hand sanitizers for patients and team members

Reinforcing with our staff the implementation of the highest level of hygiene

The Child Dental Benefit Scheme (CDBS) has been greatly beneficial for many Australian families. The CDBS commenced back in 2014 and provides access to basic dental needs to around 3 million children between the ages of 2-17 years old.

Throughout the year of 2016, the government was contemplating decisions to terminate the CDBS. By December the Government agreed to maintain the scheme with the argumentative efforts of the Australian Dental Association (ADA), on the condition that it would be reduced from $1000 to $700.

Statistics demonstrate that the reduction in the cap would have affected a vast number of families and children when it comes to dental health with 1 in 4 children facing the possibility of not having all their treatments met. On February the 7th, 2017 the efforts of the ADA were paid off and the cap was restored back to $1000. All eligible children still have access to the $1,000 dental benefit over a two calendar year period.

We acknowledge and welcome all CDBS here at My Dentist St Leonards!