2026 benefit year · compiled from the scheme’s published documents
Suremed Health / Medimed dental benefits, in plain language
Suremed Health and Medimed are two of South Africa's smaller open schemes, and honesty matters here: their 2026 dental schedules have not been verified against primary scheme documents in our data. What we can tell you is the shape of things — small open schemes like these typically include conservative dentistry, meaning check-ups, cleans and fillings, arranged per option.
Because funding, network rules and co-payments are all set per option, and because the 2026 detail is unconfirmed, please treat this page as orientation rather than a promise. The reliable move is to get your option's 2026 benefit schedule from the scheme itself and read the dental section before you plan treatment.
Two industry-wide truths still apply. Every registered scheme must fund PMB-level emergency dental care — severe sepsis, trauma, oral cancers — on every option. And schemes pay at their own dental tariffs: where a dentist charges above the scheme's tariff, the difference is for your account, even on generous options.
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We claim directly from medical aids. Before treatment we do a benefit check with your scheme — bring your card and your option name — so you know what your plan pays before you sit in the chair. You pay only co-payments and anything your plan doesn’t cover or has already used up. And as always: we quote before we treat.
Option by option
As published for the 2026 benefit year (checked 2026-07-29). Benefits are re-registered every year and can change — the benefit check is what makes it certain for you.
All options
Limited / conditional- Routine check-up
- Likely yes
- What that includes
- Small open schemes - conservative dentistry typically included per option
- Paid from
- Per option
- Network rule
- Per option
- Co-payments & gaps
- Per option
Worth knowing before you book
- These schemes' 2026 dental benefits are not verified in our data — obtain the official 2026 schedule from Suremed or Medimed before relying on any benefit.
- Funding, network and co-payment rules are set per option, so check your specific option rather than the scheme name.
- Pre-authorisation is almost universal for dentures, crowns, implants, orthodontics and hospital dentistry — arrange it before treatment starts.
- Schemes pay at their own tariff; charges above it are for your account.
Tell us your option — we’ll check your benefits before you visit.
This page describes the scheme’s published benefits — it isn’t financial advice, and every treatment plan here starts with a benefit check and a quote.