New Zealand Gazette – 2003 – No. 151

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✨ Dental Services Specification

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c. Oral Health Providers will establish a system for identification of high risk
Patients using the guideline below:

i. high risk Patients are those who require 6-monthly recall and who:

  • have a DMFT (decayed, missing, filled teeth) score of 10 or
    more at the time of enrolment; and/or

  • have had five or more restorations in the past 12 months; or

  • have special circumstances approved by a Dental Officer of a
    DHB.

ii. Patients placed on the high-risk category should be re-assessed
annually to evaluate their continuing need for 6-monthly recall.

d. Oral Health Providers will comply with all quality guidelines and codes of
practice developed by DCNZ and NZDA.

F9 INFORMATION AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

a. Oral Health Providers will provide enrolment information on your Patients by
complying with and completing enrolment forms issued by our Payment
Agent.

b. Oral Health Providers will provide service delivery information by complying
with and completing the claim forms issued by our Payment Agent.

c. Oral Health Providers will record the number of decayed, missing and filled
teeth for all Patients at their examination immediately prior to their 16th
birthday and report this information to us annually in accordance with our
instructions.

F10 OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES

District Health Boards or their Payment Agent will provide Oral Health Providers
with a copy of the Operational Guidelines. These Guidelines provide guidance to
Oral Health Providers in setting out the standard definitions of treatments that will be
used when interpreting the provision of Services and auditing an Oral Health
Provider.

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