Table 4.

The total cost for Medicare benefits claims under the CDBS by dental service type in the 2014–2015 financial year

Service type	0–4 age group (A$)	5–14 age group (A$)	15–17 age group (A$)	Subtotal (A$)
Diagnostics	5 244 036	50 479 640	18 764 669	74 488 345
Preventive	4 348 506	121 296 380	44 984 411	170 629 297
Periodontics	11 740	246 037	240 960	498 738
Oral surgery	430 620	39 108 772	8 789 368	48 328 760
Endodontics	125 322	4 551 556	3 583 657	8 260 535
Restorative services	8 503 913	158 133 500	64 770 100	231 407 513
Prosthodontics	3 220	379 504	309 428	692 152
General services	168 618	2 292 021	329 127	2 789 766
Total	18 835 975	376 487 410	141 771 720	537 095 105

DH dental hygienist, DT dental therapist, OHT oral health therapist