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 #146. Illness treatment responsibilities sit in #49. Emergencies sit in #38. This page owns dental and eye-care visits.
General guidance only — not clinical advice. Soft MOM: mom.gov.sg. SmartMaid.com.sg is a marketplace. Licensed EAs place helpers. Platform ≠ agency. No invented $ — ask the clinic for live fees; never invent treatment prices here.
Neighbouring hubs:
- First polyclinic/GP visit checklist (unique #146)
- Medical treatment when helper is ill (unique #49)
- Emergency procedures: hospital and GP (unique #38)
- Medical leave and MC soft map (unique #110)
- Passport and documents safekeeping (unique #115)
- Updating emergency contacts (unique #151)
- Written house rules sheet (unique #32)
- Salary discussion without quoting figures (unique #111)
- 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 #38 first.
Step 2 — Pack soft docs
Work pass / ID as the clinic requires; prior prescriptions if any (#115). Update emergency contacts if stale (#151).
Step 3 — Payment habit (no invented $)
Agree who pays at the counter and how reimbursement works. Get live quotes from the clinic — never invent dollar amounts in house rules (#32). Treatment cost talks are not salary talks (#111); soft responsibility framing: #49.
Step 4 — After: meds, MC, glasses
- Pain meds / antibiotics: follow label; store safely
- MC issued → #110
- Glasses / lenses: agree pickup timing and who pays for frames (live quote only)
General GP first-visit habits still useful: #146.
Step 5 — Soft MOM fairness
Do not delay urgent dental pain as “not real illness.” Confirm welfare framing on mom.gov.sg. Platform ≠ agency.
Soft MOM
Fair medical care expectations: soft only on mom.gov.sg. No invented $.
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)
- No invented $; platform ≠ agency; soft MOM
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 soft MOM rules.
