Children who have been referred by the school dental service to the HSE orthodontist are put on an assessment waiting list to be graded. This grade determines whether they will be accepted for HSE funding and then put on a treatment waiting list.
Thankfully the team at Northwest Orthodontics in Derry/Londonderry can also do this grading and parents can choose skip the wait to see if their child will qualify for HSE treatment.
If we grade your child as eligible for HSE treatment then we can continue to treatment as if they had been graded by the HSE and the cross border funding will also apply.
Most patients who choose for us to carry out the assessment grading can claim back up to €100 through the cross border funding scheme irrespective of whether they qualify for HSE treatment or not.