nib preferred provider and No Gap dentist in Truganina, for Melbourne’s west

Yes. Allura Dental, at 22 Bradshaw Street, Truganina VIC 3029, is a participating nib No Gap dentist and First Choice provider, for eligible nib Extras members. You can also check nib’s Find a Provider before you book.

For eligible nib Extras members with dental cover, and subject to waiting periods and annual and service limits, nib pays the agreed price for the preventive items on its No Gap list, so those items are settled between nib and Allura Dental rather than at the desk. Anything your dentist recommends beyond that list is quoted in writing before it goes ahead, so you see the cost before you agree to it.

Subject to waiting periods and annual and service limits, it can include an examination or consultation (011–015), X-rays (022, 037), a scale and clean (114, 115) or plaque and stain removal (111), and fluoride (121), each where clinically needed. If your dentist recommends anything else, we give you a quote first.

Extras cover that includes dental, for eligible members and subject to waiting periods and annual and service limits. Hospital cover on its own does not pay dental benefits, and nib’s DentalPass is a separate product rather than Extras cover, so check which you hold in the nib App before you book.

In nib’s words: eligible members get “100% back on preventative dental check-ups” at a participating No Gap provider, subject to waiting periods and annual limits — up to two check-ups a year.

Yes — for an eligible member, and subject to waiting periods and service limits, in nib’s words the services provided “will be deducted from your annual limits and/or service limits”. It changes what you hand over on the day, not whether the claim counts, and the nib App shows what is left.

nib says that for most members limits reset at the start of each calendar year, and that a limit you did not use last year does not roll over. Some older nib covers work differently, so check yours in the nib App or your member account. Members who still have preventive cover available often book before the reset.

nib sets the waiting periods, not Allura Dental. nib’s published guidance is that general dental, including check-ups and cleans, generally carries a two-month wait, and that major dental and orthodontics generally carry twelve months. Your own policy is the authority: the nib App shows the waiting periods on your cover and when they end.

Yes, where clinically appropriate — for an eligible nib Extras member, subject to waiting periods and service limits, nib’s list covers a scale and clean (114, 115) or removal of plaque (111) alongside the examination (011–015) and fluoride (121). Your dentist judges what is needed; nib’s list sets what the benefit covers.

For eligible members, subject to waiting periods and annual and service limits, yes where clinically required: nib’s list includes diagnostics — a bitewing X-ray (022) and a panoramic OPG (037). Allura Dental takes OPG and 3D CBCT scans on site, so imaging your dentist asks for happens in the same visit.

Yes, for eligible dependants, with each person’s own waiting periods and annual and service limits applying — the policy must be an nib Extras cover that includes dental. nib’s First Choice material lists general check-ups for the whole family on family Extras cover, and we book family appointments together where the day allows.

In the nib App, open Cover and then “My Extras usage”: nib lists each Extras service with the amount left to claim this year, and the same area shows your waiting periods. nib recommends checking before you book, because what a benefit pays turns on your policy, your waiting periods and your remaining annual and service limits rather than on the practice you choose.

Yes, if you’re an eligible nib Extras member (waiting periods and limits apply). Book online or call us, bring your health fund card, and we check your cover on the spot through HICAPS.

Yes. nib’s digital member card sits in the nib App under Account: nib says iPhone users can add it to Apple Wallet, and Android users switch on NFC and hold the phone to the terminal. Allura Dental claims through HICAPS at the desk, so the digital card works exactly as the plastic one does.

First Choice is the preferred provider network nib runs for dental, and Allura Dental in Truganina is part of it. For eligible members, nib pays a percentage of the fee on eligible services up to your annual limits, and agreed rates apply to a number of common treatments.

Yes. First Choice is the name nib gives its preferred provider network for dental, so an nib preferred provider dentist and an nib First Choice dentist are the same thing — Allura Dental in Truganina is both. For eligible members it means agreed rates on a range of common treatments, and percentage-based benefits on eligible services up to the annual limits their cover allows.

Every No Gap dentist is a First Choice provider, but not every First Choice provider offers No Gap check-ups for eligible members, subject to waiting periods and annual and service limits — nib marks the ones that do on its listings. Allura Dental is both: First Choice for agreed rates on common treatments, and a participating nib No Gap dentist.

nib defines an agreed rate as “a set price agreed upon by nib and your healthcare provider for certain services or treatments”. Agreed rates are why a First Choice practice can stretch an annual limit further than a set benefit at a dentist outside the network — the price itself is fixed in advance, not just the rebate.

nib describes a set benefit as a fixed dollar amount paid towards each eligible service. Since 1 October 2026, nib has paid set benefits on eligible dental at providers outside its First Choice network, on affected policies. At a First Choice provider such as Allura Dental in Truganina, nib says percentage-based benefits continue, and your annual dental limit is the same either way — nib’s dental benefit changes page explains which policies are affected.

No. nib says you can keep seeing any recognised dentist, and that your annual dental limit is unchanged. What changed on 1 October 2026 is how nib pays outside its First Choice network, where affected policies now receive a set amount for each eligible service. Allura Dental in Truganina is a First Choice provider, so nib’s percentage-based benefits continue there for members on those policies.

In part, in line with your cover. nib classes fillings as general dental, generally after a two-month wait, and crowns, root canal and implants as major dental, generally after twelve months — and nib publishes no single figure for any of them, because what you get back depends on your level of cover and your remaining limits. At Allura Dental these are charged at nib’s agreed rate where one applies, and we give you a written quote with item numbers first.

Orthodontics works differently: nib says it pays “a percentage of the eligible treatment cost rather than a set benefit”, with the percentage and the maximum depending on your level of cover, after a twelve-month waiting period. There is an orthodontia annual limit that nib says rises for each calendar year you hold cover, and a lifetime limit set by your plan — nib publishes no universal amount for either. We set out a written plan with staged costs first, so you can see how your limits apply.

In part, in line with your cover. nib lists urgent care same-day appointments among the treatments its First Choice dentists provide at agreed rates, so your consultation (011–015) and any X-ray (022 or 037) are charged at the rate nib has agreed with us rather than an open fee, and nib pays its share up to your annual limits once waiting periods are served. nib’s No Gap benefit applies to eligible members’ preventive check-ups rather than to emergency treatment, so we check your entitlement on the spot and quote you before we treat.

No — a No Gap check-up is for eligible nib Extras members with dental cover, subject to waiting periods and annual and service limits, and nib describes DentalPass as access to agreed dental rates rather than Extras cover. DentalPass holders are still welcome at Allura Dental, which claims with every Australian health fund at the desk.

Yes, where nib issues that cover. nib issues the health insurance sold under Qantas, AAMI, Apia, Suncorp, ING, Real Insurance, Australian Seniors and GU Health, so eligible members of those brands can use First Choice at Allura Dental in Truganina. Each insurer sets its own terms, limits and item list, and GU Health also lists this practice as a No Gap provider in its own First Choice network, so check your policy and bring your health fund card — what that means when you book.

Allura Dental in Truganina is open Saturdays 9:00am – 4:00pm, and is a participating nib No Gap dentist and First Choice provider, for eligible nib Extras members, with waiting periods and annual and service limits applying. nib members travel in from Tarneit, Point Cook, Werribee, Hoppers Crossing, Williams Landing and Wyndham Vale, all 10 to 20 minutes away.

nib’s Find a Provider marks it on a practice’s listing, and nib notes that providers occasionally leave the network, so it is worth checking before each appointment rather than once. Allura Dental’s listing shows the nib First Choice dental panel. A dentist who is not listed can still be seen; the benefit is simply paid differently.

No. nib Dental Care centres are a separate group of clinics. Allura Dental in Truganina is an independent practice that holds an nib First Choice agreement and participates in No Gap check-ups for eligible nib Extras members, with waiting periods and annual and service limits applying. It is not owned by, and does not act for, nib or any insurer named on this page.

Allura Dental is in Truganina, and the nib arrangements are the same wherever you travel from. Members come to us from Tarneit, Williams Landing, Point Cook, Hoppers Crossing, Werribee and Wyndham Vale, all 10 to 20 minutes away.