Find a Dental Service
Free public dental health care is available to all people living with HIV who hold a Health Care or Pension Card in a number of settings across NSW within Local Health Districts (LHDs) which have arrangements to provide enhanced dental health care.
In LHDs where enhanced dental health care for people living with HIV is not available, free dental care could be accessed through public dental health services. All people living with HIV in NSW who hold a Health Care or Pension Card are eligible. Appointments will be allocated based on needs and priority will be given to dental emergency, including
- Bleeding in the mouth that will not stop.
- Swelling of the face from a tooth infection.
- Recent injury to the teeth.
NSW General Public Dental Health Services
Below are the subsidised dental health clinics for all people living with HIV in some LHDs in NSW. Clinic locations and contact details for appointments are varied depending on the LHD in which you live. The appointment offered may not be at your closest clinic but it may give you the earliest appointment. You can choose to go to your closest clinic but you may need to wait for an appointment. Phone numbers for access to public dental services are specified below:
- South Western Sydney LHD on (02) 8738-5945 or email oralhealthgeneralmanagersunit@health.nsw.gov.au and cc to Sumi Nair sumi.nair@sswahs.nsw.gov.au
- Sydney LHD HARP Unit on (02) 9515-1285 or Sydney Dental Hospital for primary assessment on (02) 9293-3333 or email sydneydentalhospital@sswahs.nsw.gov.au
- South Eastern Sydney LHD on 1300 134 226.
Provision of funding assistance up to $500 for dental work including: dental assessment, regular six-monthly check-ups, scaling and cleaning, fillings, extractions and dentures, but does not include cosmetic dentistry at various private dental clinics. For further information please contact the Bobby Goldsmith Foundation intake officers on (02) 9283 8666 or 1800 651 011. - Illawarra Shoalhaven LHD on 1300 369 651.
Provision of funding assistance up to $500 for dental work including: dental assessment, regular six-monthly check-ups, scaling and cleaning, fillings, extractions and dentures, but does not include cosmetic dentistry at various private dental clinics. For further information please contact the Bobby Goldsmith Foundation intake officers on (02) 9283 8666 or 1800 651 011. - St Vincent’s Hospital Dental Department on (02) 8382 3129 to make an appointment Tuesdays-Thursdays 08:30-16:30.
- Hunter New England LHD on 1300 651 625 or John Hunter Hospital on (02) 4922-3472 or ACON Newcastle, on (02) 4962-7700 or Karumah on (02) 4940-8393 or Pacific Clinic on (02) 4016-4541
- South Western Sydney (02) 9293 3333
- Sydney (02) 9293 3333
- South Eastern Sydney 1300 134 226
- Northern Sydney 1300 732 503
- Illawarra Shoalhaven 1300 369 651
- Northern NSW / Mid North Coast / Hunter New England 1300 651 625
- Central Coast 1300 789 404
- Murrumbidgee Southern NSW 1800 450 046
- Western Sydney (02) 8890 6766
- Nepean Blue Mountains (02) 4734 2387 or 1300 769 221
- Far West Western NSW 1300 552 626
Resources
NSW Health Oral Health – An assessment and referral tool for health care professionals working with people living with HIV- NSW Health Supported Oral Health Services
- Open Your Mouth Guide – maintaining a healthy mouth for people living with HIV
- Oral Health and HIV by Julie Coutelas
- Oral Health Services and Sydney Dental Hospital
- Public Oral Health Care in NSW
- Issues in Oral Health for Low Income and Disadvantaged Groups in NSW – An advocacy kit for community and welfare NGOs (NCOSS)
Page updated: Monday 31 July 2023
