The Allan Labor Government is saving families time and money with free dental care for kids.

The Premier announced today that Victoria’s Smile Squad free dental program is expanding.

Students at low-fee non-government schools will soon get access to the service.

Smile Squad will initially be available to 54 schools across the state who have been invited to participate.

A phased roll out to all low-fee non-government schools will follow.

With Smile Squad, Labor is putting money straight back into household budgets to ease cost of living pressures.

Regular dental checkups can cost up to $400 a year per child.

With Smile Squad, it’s free.

Smile Squad provides checkups, treatment and follow up care by mobile teams of dedicated oral health clinicians.

Since 2019, Smile Squad has visited more than 1,000 public schools, seen more than 160,000 students and delivered more than one million oral health packs.

Labor is continuing to grow Smile Squad so no Victorian child or family misses out.

For more information about Smile Squad, visit health.vic.gov.au/smile-squad.