We are here to help.
Whether you need a cleaning, filling, or in pain, Performance Dental are here to help.
Great dental care helps promote overall health and wellness.
If you have a special occasion coming up or just want to brighten your smile, ask us about whitening or other cosmetic dental options
Your first visit.
Your child's first visit.
It is recommended that a child have their first dental check-up by the age of 1. At your child’s first visit, we will review the medical/dental health history with you. Ensuring your child’s comfort is paramount to us.
We will get to know your child and help them to feel comfortable by explaining what will happen during their visit, and showing them the tools and instruments we will use.
A thorough head and neck examination and evaluation of the teeth and gums are performed. Radiographs (x-rays) are taken only if necessary. If no treatment is needed, the teeth will be cleaned and a fluoride treatment will be provided.
We look forward to meeting you and your child for your first appointment! Dr Hogan has two children himself and understands the worries and questions that kids may have.
Why we are not a Preferred Provider.
At Performance Dental we accept and treat all patients from ALL health funds. For your convenience you can claim your health fund contribution immediately using our HICAPS system.
A preferred provider is not a reflection of the quality and care at a dental practice. A preferred provider is contracted to the a health fund and the health fund then has control of the fee’s paid to the dentist but also the fee’s being charged to be part of the health fund as a consumer.
This in essence becomes a monopoly by health funds to charge consumers potentially higher fees by offering “reduced” fees to the medical practitioners. The appearance are lower fees but the reality may be very different when factoring in health fund fees and quality of service.
Please see an objective view through the ADA Your Dentist, Your Choice paper and ADA It’s Your Choice FAQ’s for further information.
The Australian Dental Association (ADA) states the following:
“ Private health insurance is sold as allowing consumers choice; but in reality, the current system offers differential rebates based on who provides that service and restricts that choice. If you hold an extras policy with a health fund then you should get exactly the same rebate as anyone else who holds that policy regardless of where you live or which dentist provides the treatment. (Dr Hugo Sachs, President of the Australian Dental Association).
The ADA has always maintained that preferred provider schemes are not in the best interests of patients or dentists and have called on all health funds to dismantle their schemes and pay the same rebate for the same treatment under the same policies. This position was echoed in the findings of the Senate Inquiry into the value and affordability of private health insurance which recommended that Commonwealth legislation is amended to prohibit the current practice of differential rebates for the same treatments provided under the same product in the same jurisdiction.”
