Background & Purpose
High dental care expenses cause many older people to postpone necessary dental treatments. To address this issue, parliament introduced additional financial support to make dental care affordable.
The Decision
Parliament voted to establish a new special dental care subsidy. The new system will lower treatment costs for patients, starting first with older adults.
Does this affect you?
- Older adults in Sweden: They will pay lower out-of-pocket costs for dental treatments when the new compensation starts.
- Dental clinics and dentists: They will need to adjust billing routines to apply the new state subsidy directly to patient care.
In Practice
- A new financial subsidy called special dental compensation will supplement the existing high-cost protection.
- Older adults will pay significantly lower out-of-pocket fees for eligible dental treatments.
- Government agencies will define the detailed rules regarding eligible treatments and exact patient requirements.
- Dental care providers will integrate the new price caps into their daily payment systems.