Cover for Dental Treatment
Overview
The attached document explains the cover for dental treatment.
It gives you details about how Discovery Health Medical Scheme defines and pays for dental treatment in the dentist’s or dental specialist’s rooms, in hospital and at a day clinic.
You will also find information about your cover for severe dental surgery as part of the Severe Dental and Oral Surgery Benefit as well as dentistry related to basic dental trauma covered from the Basic Dental Trauma Benefit.
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