Dental care: Here’s what’s being recommended to feds in new policy report
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The Canadian Dental Association released a policy paper following consultations with Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos, provincial and territorial dental associations and dentists.
The Canadian government’s approach to universal dental care should include preserving private dental insurance programs and using existing clinics should be part of the Canadian government’s approach to universal dental care, the Canadian Dental Association says.
On Tuesday the association released a policy paper following consultations with federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos, provincial and territorial dental associations and dentists from across Canada.
They put forth several recommendations for the Liberal government, urging them to have a national oral health strategy in place by April 2025.
Dentists across Canada could see up to 9 million new patients as a result of the government’s new universal dental-care program, the report says, but it cautions that new policies are needed.
“It’s a massive undertaking and we are pleased to see that this attention is being given to oral health care because we know there’s a sizable number of Canadians that don’t access regular dental care because of cost,” said Dr. Lynn Tomkins, the Canadian Dental Association president, in an interview with The Canadian Press.
The recommendations include using existing dental offices, addressing staffing shortages so people don’t have to endure long wait-lists, ensuring that treatment costs are fully covered, and undertaking a survey on oral health.
The association also wants the government to explore incentivizing employers so they continue to offer dental insurance to workers.
“We are concerned that whatever the government brings out, it does not disrupt the current ecosystem of third-party employer-sponsored health benefits,” Tomkins said.
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