Dental care subsidy
If you are insured in Sweden, you can receive free dental care until the age of 23. The year you turn 24 and are required to pay for dental care, you can receive national dental care subsidy. If you have a special need of dental care, you may be eligible for dental care subsidy from your county council or region (county council’s dental care subsidy). You will not receive national dental care subsidy for that dental care.
Special rules applies to asylum seekers and undocumented immigrants. You have the right to receive dental care free of charge until your 18th birthday. After that, you can receive emergency dental care at a cost of maximum SEK 50 per visit.
National dental care subsidy
The national dental care subsidy consists of general and special dental care allowance plus high-cost protection. To stimulate people to perform preventive dental care and to provide increased support to individuals at increased risk of suffering from poorer dental health due to a disability or illness, there is protection against high costs. Försäkringskassan handles the administration of the dental care subsidy. Your dentist or dental hygienist can let you know what dental care is eligible for national dental care subsidy.

”Högkostnadsskyddet sänkte min tandläkarkostnad”
Kundexempel: När Erik satt vid frukostbordet och tog en tugga av en skiva knäckebröd kände han plötsligt att han bitit sönder en tand. "Jag måste ringa tandläkaren. Det här blir nog dyrt" tänkte Erik.
County council’s dental care subsidy
If you have certain illnesses, disabilities or a major need for nursing care, you can receive dental care subsidy from your county council or your region. Examples of such cases are if you have a major need for nursing care, you need dental care as part of the treatment of your illness, or if you have an extreme fear of dentists. Your dentist or dental hygienist can let you know what dental care is eligible for your county council’s or your region’s dental care subsidy.
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