Dental Board of Australia sets fee for 2025/26

18 Sep 2025

The Dental Board of Australia and the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) have announced the annual registration fee for dental practitioners for 2025/26.

From 18 September, the registration fees will be set at $818 for dentists and specialists (an increase of $33), $278 for dental prosthetists (an increase of $11) and $256 for dental hygienists, dental therapists and oral health therapists (an increase of $10), fee increases are in line with indexation (4.25%).

The fee covers the registration period from 1 December 2025 to 30 November 2026.

‘The Board understands the cost-of-living pressures experienced by many dental practitioners. We’ve worked to keep fees as low as possible; while ensuring we can continue our vital role to protect the public,’ Dental Board Chair, Dr Simon Shanahan said.

‘Setting fair and sustainable fees is a priority for the Board.’

The National Boards and Ahpra have also this year introduced a 30 per cent rebate on annual renewal fees for practitioners who have recently taken an extended period of parental leave, or certain other forms of leave such as disability and carer’s leave.

‘This is the first step in a range of measures to make fees fairer and more flexible,’ Dr Shanahan said.

Recommendations from a wider review into pro-rata fees are expected in November with approved changes to come into effect from 1 July 2026.

Registration fees fund the work of National Boards and Ahpra to keep the public safe by:

• managing applications for registration, including complex applications from internationally qualified practitioners
• developing professional standards that guide the profession and set expectations
• investigating and managing concerns about registered health practitioners, including taking immediate action and referring matters to tribunals
• criminal prosecutions for breaches in advertising and use of title
• accrediting programs of study that lead to registration and endorsement
• funding the work of the Health Ombudsman in Queensland and the National Health Practitioner Ombudsman.

Variation in fees payable by NSW-based practitioners

In NSW, notifications (complaints) about registered health practitioners are managed by the NSW Health Care Complaints Commission and the NSW Health Professional Councils and not by Ahpra. The registration fee for health practitioners whose principal place of practice (PPP) is NSW reflects this difference.

The fees schedule for each profession is published on National Board websites. Any variation to the fees payable by NSW-based practitioners is announced by each NSW Health Professional Council and detailed in the published fee schedules on National Board websites.

Find out more about:

• fee relief for parental and other types of leave
• consideration of financial hardship
• the fee setting process, on the fees page.

Read the media release from Ahpra and National Boards.

Contact us

• For online enquiries visit www.ahpra.gov.au/enquiry.
• For registration enquiries: 1300 419 495