
08 Aug Healthy Teeth Collaboration
Healthy Teeth Collaboration is the dental care service for the persons with intellectual disability (PID) and/or with Autism Spectrum Disorder, who are 18 years or above, launched by the Department of Health in July 2018. Its objectives are two folds. One is to provide free dental treatment for the PID. And secondly, to provide oral health education and promotion to the PID through their caregivers. The management of the PID for dental treatment is by behavioural management, conscious sedation (CS), monitored anaesthetic care (MAC) or general anaesthesia (GA) at the collaborating private hospitals of the service providers. This service is provided by designated NGO dental clinics in cycles of 3 years since 2018.
In order to remove the barrier of escort and transport problems for the PID, a subsidy for hired services was provided for the service users. The incurred subsidies could be claimed through the designated service providers.