This Sunday, October 15, 2023, the Indigenous Dental Association of Canada (IDAC) celebrates the inaugural National Indigenous Oral Health Day, an initiative to address oral health inequity in Indigenous communities across Canada. In this video, Dr. Sheri McKinstry, a pediatric dentist from Saskatoon, Sask., and founder of IDAC, explains why there is such a need […]
Southwestern Public Health (SWPH) has launched a mobile dental clinic to deliver dental care to low-income seniors who are 65 years and older and enrolled in the Ontario Seniors Dental Care Program. In this video, Kim Casier, an oral health public manager at SWPH, discusses the backstory and how the initiative came to be. She […]
One of the objectives of FDI World Dental Federation (FDI) is to develop and disseminate policies, standards, and information related to all aspects of oral health care globally. In this video, CDA’s Chief Knowledge Officer, Dr. Benoit Soucy, discusses five recently released FDI policy statements and looks ahead to the meeting of the World Dental […]
Recently released figures by Statistics Canada indicate a significant increase in the incidence rate of oropharyngeal cancer. This is despite decreased observed incidence rates in many other commonly diagnosed cancers. In this video discussion with Dr. Firoozeh Samim, a specialist in oral medicine and oral maxillofacial pathology and Assistant Professor at McGill Faculty of Dental […]
Canada is currently in the midst of what is being described as an oral health crisis among Indigenous communities. Poor access to dental care, lack of water fluoridation, poor nutrition, and systemic racism are some of the main challenges in dire need of redress. In this video, Dr. Sheri McKinstry, a pediatric dentist from Saskatoon […]
CDA has published its latest survey results tracking public opinion and behavioural trends related to current issues facing the dental profession, most notably the Canadian Dental Care Plan. In this video, David Coletto, CEO of Abacus Data, offers a summary of key findings in the Wave 13 survey data, including: Awareness and uptake levels for […]
On Tuesday March 28, 2023, the federal government delivered Budget 2023: A Made-in-Canada Plan: Strong Middle Class, Affordable Economy, Healthy Future, which included the announcement of a significant increase in funding for the oral health of Canadians. In this video, CDA President, Dr. Lynn Tomkins, responds to the government announcement of increased funding of $13.0 […]
Following the announcement early last spring of the Federal Government’s commitment to invest $5.3 billion over five years to improve access to oral health care for Canadians, the last twelve months has proved to be something of a landmark year for the dental profession. In this video discussion, CDA president, Dr. Lynn Tomkins, reviews some […]