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Cosmetic Rates

29 November 2016
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You may find it helpful to review the range of treatments that are included in our cosmetic rates and the definitions associated with each of those categories of cosmetic treatment.

If you undertake cosmetic (non-surgical facial aesthetic treatment) procedures in your surgery we will ask you to describe the scope of treatment that is provided. 

Defined cosmetic procedures:

For membership purposes, “cosmetic procedures” mean the non-surgical use of injectable, non-permanent cosmetic materials (such as botulinum toxin, dermal fillers) in any part of the face but excluding the neck.

Where cosmetic procedures collectively comprise more than 10 hours a week (500+ hours per year maximum), increased subscriptions apply.  Please contact Member Services for details.

Cosmetic procedures and your indemnity arrangements:

Members can apply for access to indemnity for a wider range of cosmetic procedures as follows:

  • Full general dental practice, including botulinum toxin;
  • any kind of collagen replacement therapy;
  • dermal fillers (eg, Restylane, Perlane); and/or
  • “high energy” wrinkle reduction treatments

Please supply full details in writing of the procedures carried out, and the extent of this activity. Members should also supply full details of all relevant training undertaken, indicating from what source and over what period the training was obtained, and provide supporting certification. All the above should be supplied to Member Services when requesting confirmation of the appropriate grade for your needs.

Please note, as of 13 October 2016, Dental Protection no longer accepts accreditation provided by Treatments You Can Trust (“TYCT”).

Full general dental practice, including botulinum toxin, any kind of collagen replacement therapy, dermal fillers (eg, Restylane, Perlane), and/or high energy wrinkle reduction treatments:

A choice of four categories (DC1 to DC4) is provided to allow you to choose the procedure(s) for which indemnity arrangements are required. The categories are:

DC1. For treatments in the lip, and immediate peri-oral area including the naso-labial folds.

DC2. For treatments in the areas listed in DC1, and also other parts of the face (eg, glabella, forehead, cheeks, around eyes), but excluding the neck.

DC3. As for DC2 above, but also for dermal peels, dermabrasion and Potassium-Titanyl-Phosphate (KTP) / 532nm laser therapy to treat facial lesions in the specified area(s), and other superficial skin lesions (see below).

DC4. As for DC3 above, but also for Nd:YAG /1064nm laser therapy to treat facial lesions in the specified area(s), and other superficial skin lesions (see below).

Those undertaking recognised training:

Those who are undertaking recognised training in the above procedures can apply to Member Services for a transient grade (for a minimum period of one month, and a maximum of any three such periods in any membership year) to provide adequate protection for procedures undertaken as part of recognised training. Please contact Member for more information, and be ready to provide full details of the relevant training course.

For membership purposes, “recognised training” means a formal training programme which involves carrying out the relevant procedure(s) under the direct supervision of an experienced teacher or trainer who is independently recognised as being competent in the relevant field, together with the maintenance of a log book providing details of the treatment provided under that training and the trainee’s reflective comments.

The use of a clinical laser:

The therapeutic use of intra oral lasers for removing tooth structure or soft tissue, to enhance wound healing, and (for example) in the treatment of pericoronitis, intra oral ulceration or other lesions, or delayed healing of extraction sockets, is considered to fall within the normal practise of dentistry and normal general practitioner rates apply. If you intend to use an intraoral laser for any other clinical purpose not listed above, then please contact Member Services.

The safe use of any laser requires the operator to have undergone a formal recognised training programme. In addition a structured risk assessment, the establishment of local rules, suitable protective protocols and staff training are also necessary. The need for registration (or otherwise) with the Care Quality Commission in England (or the equivalent body in other parts of the UK) is not necessarily something that Dental Protection can advise on.

For further advice on the circumstances applicable to your own particular situation please visit: www.gov.uk/laser-intense-pulsed-light-treatment-registration-england.

Notes:
  1. The therapeutic use of intra oral lasers for removing tooth structure or soft tissue, to enhance wound healing, and (for example) in the treatment of pericoronitis, intra oral ulceration or other lesions, or delayed healing of extraction sockets, is considered to fall within the normal practise of dentistry and normal general practitioner rates apply.
  2. The safe use of any laser requires a structured risk assessment and the establishment of local rules, suitable protective protocols and staff training, whether or not its use requires registration with the Care Quality Commission in England or the equivalent body in other parts of the UK (see www.gov.uk/laser-intense-pulsed-light-treatment-registration-england).
  3. Recognised training means a formal training programme which involves carrying out the relevant procedure(s) under the direct supervision of an experienced teacher / trainer who is independently recognised as being competent in the relevant field.