Category: In the Media
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Member’s Statement on Oral Health Month
On April 17, 2025, Alberta’s Parliamentary Secretary for Rural Health Justin Wright read a Member Statement’s about Oral Health Month, the vital work of Alberta’s dentists and dental teams, and the move towards a made-in-Alberta dental plan.
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Social media trends are targeting your teeth
Mouth taping, oil pulling, tooth gems and tongue scraping are all having a moment on social media. But what does it mean when these toothy trends go viral?
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Here’s what the experts say about sleeping with your mouth taped
ADA Vice-President, Dr. John Tran on the viral trend of mouth taping during sleep.
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Dr. Suzy Depledge on Access to Oral Health Care in Rural and Remote Indigenous Communities
ADA Director Dr. Suzy Depledge on the Dentistry for All Initiative, providing oral health care to broader communities, and about reducing the costs associated with providing dentistry services to remote and rural Indigenous communities.
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Your thoughts on the Canadian dental plan
ADA President Dr. Jenny Doerksen joined the CBC’s Alberta at Noon program to discuss the CDCP.
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Dentists hesitant to join Canadian Dental Plan, cite “contracts with unknown terms and conditions”
The CDCP is set to start providing coverage in May, but there are concerns that not enough dentists will enroll to provide care to the seniors that have signed up already.
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Alberta dentists react to federal program
With a federal dental plan rolling out next month Alberta dentists say they still have questions.