What is the adult dental care benefit?
Since 1 January 2022, we've been a contracted Tervisekassa partner for the adult dental care benefit.
What is the adult dental care benefit, and what should you know about it?
Since 1 January 2024, all insured adults are entitled to up to €60 a year in dental care benefit.
For dental treatment covered by the benefit, the patient’s own contribution is at least 50% of the treatment cost.
The dental care benefit covers essential dental services, the full list of which can be found here. Any services not on this list must be paid according to the clinic’s own price list. In addition, the service provider is entitled to charge a visit fee of up to €5 (except for pregnant women).
Any unused portion of the benefit doesn’t carry over to the next year — a new benefit allowance begins with each new year.
Let your dentist know at your appointment if you’d like to use the benefit. The covered amount is deducted directly from the treatment invoice during the visit, and the patient doesn’t need to submit any application or documents to Tervisekassa.
Who is eligible for the €105-a-year dental care benefit?
Since 1 January 2024, a higher dental care benefit of €105 also applies to old-age and disability pensioners, people with partial or no capacity for work, people over 63, insured pregnant women, and mothers of children under one year old. The higher benefit also applies to people registered as unemployed with the Estonian Unemployment Insurance Fund, and to those who received subsistence benefit during the two calendar months before the month of their dental visit. For people with increased dental care needs, eligible for the €105-a-year benefit, the patient’s own contribution is 12.5% of the treatment cost.
For more information on dental care benefits, visit Tervisekassa’s website: https://www.tervisekassa.ee/inimesele/hambaravi/taiskasvanute-hambaravi/hambaravihuvitis
