Government programs

In Canada, registered dental hygienists are in a prime position, as essential oral health care providers, to prevent and treat oral conditions and diseases by providing individualized and accessible preventive and therapeutic oral care services and treatments.

Dental hygienists strongly believe that all Canadians should have access to timely oral health care by the right provider, in the right place, and at the right time. And yet oral disease is experienced most by socioeconomically disadvantaged individuals and families. Many people in Canada with no-, low- or fixed-incomes face barriers that limit their access to the preventive oral care they need. Islanders needing financial assistance can apply to provincial and federal dental care programs for assistance.