Jibril Hussein · Senior Policy Advisor, Health Canada (HC)
Denturists face significant educational costs while serving communities with documented oral health access gaps, particularly in rural, remote, and underserved regions. Including denturists in the Government of Canada’s Canada Student Loan Forgiveness Program for health professionals would recognize their essential role in delivering prosthetic oral health care and help incentivize practice in high-need communities.
Loan forgiveness is already extended to other oral health professionals such as dental hygienists and dentists. Extending eligibility to denturists would promote workforce sustainability, support recruitment and retention in underserved areas, and directly advance the government’s objective of strengthening equitable oral health care delivery nationwide.Read more
The organization is advocating for policy and administrative improvements to the Canadian Dental Care Plan (CDCP) to ensure it aligns with clinical standards, supports fair and sustainable reimbursement for providers, and improves access to care for patients. Key areas of focus include revising eligibility criteria and treatment timelines, addressing gaps between CDCP fees and provincial fee guides, reducing administrative burden related to claims and preauthorizations, improving clarity and transparency of covered services and exclusions, and strengthening coordination of benefits with other programs. These efforts aim to enhance program efficiency, provider participation, and equitable access to oral health care across Canada.
Ellen Galupo · Deputy Director of Policy, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
The organization is advocating for policy and administrative improvements to the Canadian Dental Care Plan (CDCP) to ensure it aligns with clinical standards, supports fair and sustainable reimbursement for providers, and improves access to care for patients. Key areas of focus include revising eligibility criteria and treatment timelines, addressing gaps between CDCP fees and provincial fee guides, reducing administrative burden related to claims and preauthorizations, improving clarity and transparency of covered services and exclusions, and strengthening coordination of benefits with other programs. These efforts aim to enhance program efficiency, provider participation, and equitable access to oral health care across Canada.Read more
The organization is advocating for policy and administrative improvements to the Canadian Dental Care Plan (CDCP) to ensure it aligns with clinical standards, supports fair and sustainable reimbursement for providers, and improves access to care for patients. Key areas of focus include revising eligibility criteria and treatment timelines, addressing gaps between CDCP fees and provincial fee guides, reducing administrative burden related to claims and preauthorizations, improving clarity and transparency of covered services and exclusions, and strengthening coordination of benefits with other programs. These efforts aim to enhance program efficiency, provider participation, and equitable access to oral health care across Canada.Read more
From the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying's open data, published November 5, 2026.
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