How can we help you?
We value patient education because it helps ensure our patients have the information they need to make good decisions about their oral health. We will never rush you when you are here at our Maroubra Junction, NSW dental surgery, so we welcome your enquiries about any aspect of your oral health. There are many questions we frequently hear from our patients; for your convenience, we’ve included some of them here.
Don’t hesitate to ask questions, no matter how seemingly unimportant. Chances are, if you have the question, someone else has asked it as well. Our friendly team loves nothing more than educating patients about maintaining happy, healthy smiles.
General and Preventive Dentistry
Many people don’t realise the importance of preventive care when it comes to their dentistry. With check-ups and cleans every six months at our Maroubra Junction, NSW dental clinic, Dr Pertsoulis can help you maintain and improve your oral health. Routine examinations enable him to detect dental issues while they are still small and easier—and usually less expensive—to treat.
For example, if you skip routine dental check-ups, a tiny spot of tooth decay on your tooth won’t be noticed. Tooth decay doesn’t generally come with any symptoms while still in the early stages. But left untreated, a small spot of tooth decay often continues to grow. If you put off routine dental care, that small bit of tooth decay can get bigger, ultimately letting bacteria into the tooth root. Suddenly, you have an unbearable toothache that sends you in for an emergency dental appointment. You might be upset to learn that now you need a root canal. A preventive care examination might have prevented the need for this more invasive treatment.
It might make sense to save your money and skip dental visits, but in the end, you might spend more of your hard-earned money—and you might spend more time in the dental chair.
Here at Maroubra Family Dental, we believe everyone deserves quality dentistry. We want to make good oral health accessible to everyone in Maroubra Junction, NSW and the surrounding communities. Taking good care of your teeth and gums is one of the best things you can do for your overall well-being. Preventive appointments, including regular check-ups and cleans, are a crucial part of that.
Visiting the dentist every six months for check-ups and cleans might seem like a budgeting burden, but the truth is that it can save you in the long run because preventive care now often means you won’t need more invasive treatments later. We offer numerous payment options so you can fit regular dental care into your family’s budget.
Payment Options
We accept a variety of payments for your portion of your treatment total:
- Most major credit cards including American Express
- EFTPOS and Debit cards
Insurance and Government Scheme
For all our private healthfund members, we offer HICAPS to avoid the hassle of making a claim yourself. Please bring your healthfund cards to your appointments as we can claim your healthfund card benefits at the surgery via HICAPS.
We also take part in the Child Dental Benefits Schedule government schema CDBS, and we participate in the Medicare Teen Dental Plan.
Please feel free to contact one of our friendly team members should you have any further questions.