Dental Care Programs in Canada: Historical Development, Current Status and Future DirectionsThis project provided the historical development and current status ofCanadian dental care programs as well as to suggest some considerations insetting policy directions for the future. Sections address: thedevelopment of dental programs in Canada - a brief historical perspective, federal involvement in dental care programs, the provincial and territorialgovernment dental care programs, surgical-dental payments under the medicalcare program, dental services for social assistance recipients, group dental plans through the private sector. |
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