Dental and eye care are planned visits — not the same as a fever GP run
Employer checklist for helper dental or eye-care visit (Singapore) is the pack for dentist / polyclinic dental / optician appointments: who books, what to bring, soft payment habits, and glasses or treatment follow-up. First general GP/polyclinic visit sits in Employer Checklist for Helper’s First Polyclinic or GP Visit (Singapore). Illness treatment responsibilities sit in Medical Treatment Responsibilities When Helper Is Ill. Emergencies sit in Emergency Procedures: Hospital and GP Visits. This page owns dental and eye-care visits.
General guidance only — not clinical advice. MOM: mom.gov.sg. SmartMaid.com.sg is a marketplace. Licensed EAs place helpers. — ask the clinic for live fees; never invent treatment prices here.
Neighbouring hubs:
- First polyclinic/GP visit checklist
- Medical treatment when helper is ill
- Emergency procedures: hospital and GP
- Medical leave and MC soft map
- Passport and documents safekeeping
- Updating emergency contacts
- Written house rules sheet
- Salary discussion without quoting figures
- This article: dental / eye-care visit checklist
Step 1 — Book and protect the slot
Book dentist or eye clinic. Block work time around the appointment. If pain is acute overnight, use emergency path Emergency Procedures: Hospital and GP Visits first.
Step 2 — Pack soft docs
Work pass / ID as the clinic requires; prior prescriptions if any (Passport and Personal Documents Safekeeping for MDWs (Singapore)). Update emergency contacts if stale (Employer Checklist When Updating Helper Emergency Contacts (Singapore)).
Step 3 — Payment habit
Agree who pays at the counter and how reimbursement works. Get live quotes from the clinic — never invent dollar amounts in house rules (Creating a Simple Written House Rules Sheet). Treatment cost talks are not salary talks (MDW Salary Discussion Process (Without Quoting Figures)); soft responsibility framing: Medical Treatment Responsibilities When Helper Is Ill.
Step 4 — After: meds, MC, glasses
- Pain meds / antibiotics: follow label; store safely
- MC issued → Medical Leave and MC: Employer Soft Map (Singapore)
- Glasses / lenses: agree pickup timing and who pays for frames (live quote only)
General GP first-visit habits still useful: Employer Checklist for Helper’s First Polyclinic or GP Visit (Singapore).
Step 5 — MOM rules and fairness
Do not delay urgent dental pain as “not real illness.” Confirm welfare framing on mom.gov.sg.
MOM rules
Fair medical care expectations: soft only on mom.gov.sg.
Checklist
- Appointment booked; work cover planned
- Soft docs packed (#115)
- Payment / reimbursement habit agreed (live fees)
- Post-visit MC / meds / glasses follow-up set
- Emergency contacts current (#151)
Scripts
To helper: We booked [dentist/eye clinic] at [time]. Bring your work pass. I will handle payment unless we agreed otherwise — bring the receipt home.
To co-employer: Dental and eye care get the same written payment habit as a GP visit — no invented fees.
Bottom line
Treat dental and eye-care as planned visits: book, pack docs, live payment habit, then follow up on MC or glasses. Browse on SmartMaid; place through a licensed EA under MOM rules.
