Smile Train, Dentsply Sirona, and FDI World Dental Federation have renewed their partnership to enhance global cleft care through digitalization, they said in a press release on July 15. Smile Train is considered as the world’s largest cleft-focused organization, while Dentsply Sirona is the world’s largest manufacturer of dental products and technologies. The FDI World Dental … Read more
With growing concern over poor dental health, six states in the U.S. expanded their Medicaid programs to provide coverage for adults this year. Medicaid is a federal and state health insurance program that has previously only been providing dental coverage only for children. Even with the expansions, access still remains difficult as some dentists are … Read more
The Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board has found that the Treasury Board violated a section of the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations Act by not agreeing to start negotiations for the renewal of a dental care plan with the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC). The federal government is appealing this ruling. PSAC filed a … Read more
Orillia dentist Louise Hill is one of several visiting parliament Nov. 2 asking MPPs for greater support for a dental care program for less fortunate families. “In Ontario, we have several programs — Healthy Smiles, the Ontario Disability Support Program, Ontario Works and Ontario Seniors’ Dental Care Program,” she said. “All of the government programs are paying at … Read more
Federal Conservatives say the Liberal dental-care and rental-housing relief legislation will only add to inflation without providing relief from the rising cost of living. MPs today are debating the government’s legislation to create an annual $650 dental benefit for low- and middle-income families for every child under the age of 12. The bill also gives low-income renters … Read more
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says his party was willing to be flexible on the first phase of the Liberal government’s dental-care plan, but in future the New Democrats will bend no further. The government agreed to bring in a federal dental plan for uninsured low- and middle-income families as part of a supply and confidence agreement with the … Read more
Planning hurdles, construction cost overruns and COVID-19 curveballs to top it all off. More than five years since plans for the dental clinic for low-income Londoners got underway, and about 18 months since it quietly opened, the Wright Clinic has treated more than 600 patients. “Things have been going well,” clinic founder Ken Wright said … Read more
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced new measures to help Canadians struggling with the rising cost of living — part of his government’s deal with the New Democrats to secure parliamentary support for the governing Liberals until 2025. The Liberals say they will be rolling out the first stage of a dental care program, boosting the GST … Read more
Wendy Stewart, CDHA’s President has issued the following statement in a response to today’s announcement by Prime Minister Trudeau, that the government is moving forward on dental care by providing direct, tax-free payments to qualifying families who earn $90,000 or less, to pay for dental visits for children under 12, starting December, for a 2-year … Read more
Families with young children are entitled to checks worth up to $650 per child under an interim version of the Liberal government’s new dental care plan, which it agreed to implement under a parliamentary agreement with the NDP. Two sources familiar with the announcement said the original 2022 program will apply to families with children … Read more
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to announce new measures to tackle inflation, including details of a plan for dental care for low-income families, a one-time benefit for low-income renters and a temporary boost to the GST credit — all part of a plan to fulfil a deal between the federal Liberals and the NDP. Sources in both parties … Read more
A provincial organization representing more than 10,000 dentists says there are more questions than answers about a proposal by Ottawa to create a national dental care plan. Orillia dentist Dr. Louise Hill shares the Ontario Dental Association‘s concerns. “Is it going to be delivered by the federal government, or is it going to be under the auspices … Read more
Baby teeth damaged by decay, infections in young gums, and children crying in pain from an untreated abscess are all challenges that Dr. Bella Panjwani faces almost every working day at her Saint John dental clinic. In a photo of a boy, about age six, she points to teeth she considers unrestorable. He was in … Read more
Sources close to the government’s proposed $5.3 billion dental care program say the Liberals are planning a temporary solution that involves giving money directly to patients in order to keep their promise to the NDP while they work on a more permanent answer. The Liberals promised the NDP a new dental care program for low- and middle-income … Read more
The federal government has asked the private sector to weigh in on how companies could play a role in Canada’s national dental care plan. The Liberals set aside $5.3 billion over the next five years to launch a dental-care program for uninsured low- and middle-income families. The have committed to starting with kids under the age of … Read more
The agreement between the government and the Association of Dental Surgeons of Quebec (ACDQ) expired in April 2015. The President of the Treasury Board, Sonia LeBel, announced Friday in a press release that a new agreement has finally been concluded with the 4300 Quebec dental surgeons. It is under this agreement that children under 10 … Read more
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says he’s confident the federal government will be able to set up its proposed dental care program by the end of the year, though his department has not yet settled on a model or begun formal talks with the provinces. As part of a confidence and supply deal with the NDP to avoid an election … Read more
This week the lobby registry saw multiple registrations by the board of directors at the Canadian Dental Association. Last month, president Dr. Lynn Tomkins and interim CEO Dr. Aaron Burry participated in a roundtable of oral health stakeholders with Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos about the government’s promise to launch a national dental care plan. The program … Read more
The School of Dental Medicine has received a $550,000 grant from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation to provide dental care to individuals who are homeless, as well as underinsured families in Western New York, populations who are disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding will provide nearly 100 days of free dental care, including … Read more
The clock is ticking for the government to deliver on its ambitious promise to the New Democrats to deliver a dental care program for low- and middle-income uninsured kids by the end of the year, while cost estimates have nearly doubled. The pledge is a key element of the Liberal government’s deal with the NDP to stave off an … Read more