Victorian State Budget - Dental Services

The Victorian Treasurer, The Hon John Brumby today delivered the 2006/07 State Budget, and within Budget Paper No.3 (see 15th and 16th pages of the chapter - numbered as pages 93 and 94 in the document), he revealed that an additional $3.5m would be added to the Dental Services budget, taking expenditure from $126.3m in 2005/06 to $129.8m in 2006/07.

Waiting lists are projected to reduce by one month over the coming year from an average of 25 months to 24 months for restorative dental care, and from 27 months to 26 months for dentures.

The ratio of emergency to general dental care is not expected to reduce over the coming year from its present level of 53:47.