Video -The Gap in Healthcare in Ontario

This video introduces the problem of access to oral health care in our province in less than 4 minutes. Use this short but effective Whiteboard video as an advocacy tool to help influence community partners and local policy makers to take action to improve access to oral health care in Ontario. https://youtu.be/SeuDyFvwuvU 

If you need to download a copy of the video follow this link.  You just need to click on the 'Download' button on the top left corner of the screen when the video begins to play, the file size is 250MB.

New! 2018 Ontario Election

Needed: A Public Dental Program for Low Income Adults & Seniors

We are asking all political parties to commit in their election platforms to action on dental care. It’s not fair that only people who can afford private dentists can have healthy mouths and teeth.

Read and share the Ontario Oral Health Alliance’s Election “Ask” Here

Ask your candidates: “1 in 5 people in Ontario can’t afford private dental care. Many end up in Emergency Rooms. There are no public dental programs for adults who can’t afford a dentist. What steps would your party take to address this oral healthcare problem?”

Lack of Access to Dental Care 

Did you know that every 9 minutes someone goes to an Emergency Room in Ontario because of dental pain & every 3 minutes someone goes to a doctor’s office in Ontario because of dental problems??

Find out more about the lack of access to dental care in Ontario with this updated information sheet with dental related emergency room and doctor visit statistics. 

OOHA Submission to Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care

 On December 17, 2015 the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care released a Discussion paper entitled: “Patients First – A proposal to strengthen patient-centred health care in Ontario”.  

OOHA believes it’s time to bring the planning and delivery of oral health care services into the mainstream of policy discussions on Ontario’s healthcare system if we are to achieve better health outcomes for all Ontarians. Read our 2016 submission here.

FACT SHEET on Oral Health and Seniors 

What is the Problem? 

Medicare pays to treat infection in every other part of the body except for the mouth. 

Many people experience barriers accessing primary oral health care, including cost, transportation, fear of seeing a dentist, and the belief that oral health is not that important. 

Since it is not covered by Medicare and is very expensive.......

Click here to learn more...