Community Dental Support Programme (CDSP)

We are one of the designated non-governmental organisations (NGOs) for the Community Dental Support Programme which aims to promote early identification and timely intervention of dental diseases among the underprivileged groups with financial difficulties through provision of subsidised services.

CDSP has expanded the service scope, supplanted the Community Care Fund Elderly Dental Assistance Programme (EDAP), and included “the homeless”. Subsidised services include oral health assessment, medication for dental pain relief (if necessary), X-ray examination, dental filling or extraction, scaling, root canal treatment, removal of bridges and crowns and fitting of removable dentures.

Target Beneficiaries

Applicants must meet all of the following criteria:

  1. Holds a valid Hong Kong Identity Card or is a holder of a valid Certificate of Exemption; and

     

  2. Be current beneficiary / recipient of:
  • Old Age Living Allowance (OALA) administered by Social Welfare Department (SWD); or
  • Community Care Service Voucher Scheme for the Elderly (CCSV) administered by SWD with Co-payment Category II; or
  • "Integrated Home Care Services (Frail Case)”, “Enhanced Home and Community Care Services” and “Home Support Services” subvented by SWD while paying Level 1 or 2 fee charged / with Co-payment Category I or II ; or
  • Medical Fee Waiver put in place by the Hospital Authority; or
  • Homeless certified and referred by registered social workers in designated NGOs; and
  1. Has joined Electronic Health Record System (eHealth)

The eligible homeless persons must be users of one of the following services of the Social Welfare Department mainly targeted at street sleepers, and be referred by registered social workers in designated NGOs:

  • Temporary Shelter;
  • Urban Hostels for Single Persons;
  • Integrated Services Teams for Street Sleepers; or
  • Care and Support Networking Team (only street sleepers are eligible to join the CDSP)

Programme Content

Eligible persons can choose a dental clinic operated by participating NGOs either by approaching the clinic him/herself or through arrangement by a Registered Social Worker to receive the subsidised services under CDSP. Participants are required to pay an administration fee/ co-payment fee.

Scope of Subsidised Services

After assessment by the attending registered dentist from the NGOs appointed by the Government, the following services will be provided to participant if considered suitable:

Every 180 days:

  • Oral health assessment
  • Medication for dental pain relief (if necessary)
  • X-ray examination
  • Dental filling or extraction as treatment for one tooth (as one “Teeth Filling/ Extraction Quota”), with a maximum of three Teeth Filling/ Extraction Quotas
  • Removal of bridge or crowns (one bridge or two crowns)

Every 365 days:

  • Scaling
  • Root canal treatment (one tooth)

Every 5 years or more:

  • Fitting of removable dentures*(receiving no more than two times of service for each person^,with an interval of 5 years or more between each service)

*The subsidised service of fitting of removable dentures is only available to eligible persons with fewer than 20 remaining teeth (in accordance with the World Health Organization’s recommendation), who must first be assessed by a dentist as having difficulties in eating or chewing and their eating abilities could be effectively restored by the fitting of removable dentures.

^Each set of removable dentures refers to either upper or lower dentures. Fitting both upper and lower removable dentures at the same time is considered receiving the removable dentures fitting service once. The receipt of removable dentures services under the Community Care Fund Elderly Dental Assistance Programme (EDAP) will also be counted.

Administration Fee/Co-payment Fee

The funding model for this support program is based on a cost-sharing principle. In addition to government subsidies, participants are also responsible for a portion of the service costs, encouraging them to manage their own health. Participants are required to pay a fee to the non-governmental organization (NGO) providing the service. The details are as follows:

The elderly persons can use health care vouchers to pay the services.

*Category A: Participants of one of the following categories:

  1. "Integrated Home Care Services (Frail Case)”, “Enhanced Home and Community Care Services” and “Home Support Services” subvented by SWD while paying Level 1 fee charged / with Co-payment Category I; or
  2. Medical Fee Waiver (Full) of the HA (including recipients of OALA aged 75 or above); or
  3. The homeless

*Category B: Participants who do not fall into Category A

^The co-payment fee for each set of removable denture is $500. Each set of removable dentures refers to either upper or lower dentures.

Dental Services Outside the Scope of Subsidised Services

The chosen NGO may provide dental treatments that fall outside the scope of CDSP. It shall be considered as a private arrangement between the NGO and the Participant. The Participant shall bear all of the cost of procuring such dental treatments at his/her own expense.

Enquiry

  • Tel：2370 2669
  • WhatsApp：5406 3928

Service Hours

Monday to Saturday, 9am to 6pm (Closed on Sunday and public holidays)

Clinic Address

Shops A201 and A202, 2/F Cho Yiu Centre, Cho Yiu Chuen, Kwai Chung, NT.