The B.C. Dental Association has discouraged its members from enrolling as providers for the Canadian Dental Care Plan.
Langford senior Mary Fair has been eagerly waiting for the federal government’s free dental plan to begin next month, expecting she could just book an appointment with her dentist to take advantage of it.
Once fully implemented, the $13-billion plan is expected to serve more than nine million low and middle-income Canadians who don’t have other private dental insurance. Dr. Rob Wolanski, president of the B.C. Dental Association, says the federal government’s claims of a free dental care plan may give patients “unrealistic expectations” that all procedures for all patients are covered.
“It’s not just like any other dental plan — it’s more accurately termed as a subsidized plan,” he said, noting there are federal cost-containment strategies within the plan. Orthodontics, for example, are not covered, he said. Wolanski said the plan, which should have taken about five years to formulate, was rushed for political reasons, which has left the profession in a “pickle.”
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