Policy number: SRP 099
Policy name: Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) Retainers and Appliances
Status: Group Prior Approval
Effective date: 1 April 2024
Next review date: 1 April 2026
Mid and South Essex ICB funds TMJ retainers and appliances on a restricted basis only when used within specialist services e.g. in management of patients with head and neck cancers and funded as part of national tariff e.g. Therabite.
These appliances will not be separately funded. GPs should not accept requests to prescribe such appliances on FP10s. Supplies to patients will be made by specialist services.
Individual funding requests should only be made where the patient demonstrates clinical exceptionality.
Find out more information on applying for funding in exceptional clinical circumstances