Medicare Part B pays for services furnished by a doctor of dental surgery or dental medicine within the scope of his or her license, if the services would be covered as physicians' services when performed by a doctor of medicine or osteopathy. \1\---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ For services furnished before July 1, 1981, Medicare Part B paid only for the following services of a doctor of dental surgery or dental medicine;
Surgery on the jaw or any adjoining structure; and
Reduction of a fracture of the jaw or other facial bone. [51 FR 41339, Nov. 14, 1986, as amended at 56 FR 8852, Mar. 1, 1991]