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PROVIDER CRITERIA

Participating provider criteria

The evidence WITH seeks before presenting a dental clinic or dentist, and the limits of those checks.

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Evidence sought

  • Provider identity, clinic location and the authority under which the dentist and clinic operate.
  • Licence or registration details and a source that can be checked.
  • Education, professional history and training relevant to the work being presented.
  • Ability to provide written treatment proposals, itemised prices, clinical records and implant or material records where applicable.
  • English-language or interpreter arrangements.
  • Information supplied by the clinic about sterilisation, infection control and emergency arrangements.
  • The provider's written complication, warranty, cancellation and complaints terms.
  • Professional indemnity information where it is available and lawful to verify.

How providers are described

WITH uses the term participating provider. Appearance on the website is not a claim that the provider is approved by an Australian regulator or registered to practise dentistry in Australia.

Provider profiles must identify the source and date of verification and distinguish provider-supplied information from independently checked information.

Limits of checking

Document and licence checks cannot predict clinical suitability, treatment quality, complications, communication problems, provider solvency or future conduct.

Clients should ask questions, review the provider's own terms and seek advice from their own Australian health professionals before deciding.

Re-verification and concerns

Last verification date: [[REPLACE: DATE FOR EACH PROVIDER]]. Review cycle: [[REPLACE: RE-VERIFICATION FREQUENCY]].

Concerns about a listed provider can be sent to [[REPLACE: PROVIDER REVIEW CONTACT]]. Draft for professional review.