Dental benefits

Smiles Dental will help you to get the full benefit of all your dental entitlements. Simply read below, or ask any of our front desk team how we can help save you money.

If you are currently employed and paying PRSI

You may be entitled to certain treatments, which the government will pay for on your behalf. The rules are very straight forward and you can test your eligibility and find out what entitlements you may have at www.gov.ie.

DeCare

Dental Insurance is a form of dental benefit that is becoming very popular both as an employee benefit arranged through the workplace or purchased individually directly from DeCare Dental. DeCare’s Healthy Smiles range of plans all provide 100% immediate cover for two dental exams, two dental cleanings and necessary X-rays each year, along with one emergency dental treatment per year. You can then choose to add up to 70% cover for treatments such as fillings, extractions, sealants and space maintainers for kids. Cover up to 60% is available for root canals and crowns. Cover is also available for orthodontics and more. For more information about
DeCare Dental and their plans visit decare.ie.

DeCare’s plans are comprehensive, covering up to 100 of the most common procedures in dentistry that are scientifically proven to be effective and contribute to good oral health. DeCare places great emphasis on promoting good oral health and in involved in a wide range of activities helping individuals and communities to improve and protect their oral health. DeCare Dental is a long established Dental Insurer and underwriter with over 50 years’ experience in the dental industry.

DeCare Dental members can redeem applicable insurance plans and special offers at the Smiles Dental network of clinics across Ireland.
DeCare operates a Direct Payment system with competitive rates for covered services at Smiles clinics for all its eligible members. DeCare pays Smiles Dental directly for covered dental services and the member pays only the relevant co-payment that applies to their dental plan.

Update to our medical card patient policy

Smiles Dental practices have been part of the medical card scheme since we first opened our doors in 2005, but unfortunately, our dentists have made the difficult decision to resign from the medical card scheme as it is no longer financially viable. Our practices will therefore no longer be accepting new medical card patients. For existing medical card patients, we will of course complete any outstanding treatment plans but will not be able to start any new treatments going forward.

Since we reopened our doors after lockdown there is a need for additional PPE to meet the safety standards required. Global demand during the pandemic has also increased the cost for PPE significantly. The Government is not providing PPE for medical card treatments and unfortunately it is not possible for us to cover the additional cost whilst ensuring the practice remains open to treat patients in the long term.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause you.

What does this mean for medical card patients?
While we will no longer be accepting new medical card patients, we will of course complete any outstanding treatment plans. Please contact your local practice for more information.

Although our dentists have resigned from the scheme, there is an option for the team to continue caring for you as a private patient. For our full pricelists, please visit: Smiles Dental Pricelists.

Frequently asked questions

We understand you may have questions about these changes, so we’ve answered some of the most commonly asked questions to help you.