Finance committee  --and have to provide denturists and dental care for these children, and it's an ongoing situation. There is no provision for public oral health care in Newfoundland and Labrador, yet the federal government spends money on public health for seniors in P.E.I., and they don't have

Finance committee  I just received figures that in terms of oral hygiene promotion and disease prevention limited to seniors, children, and low-income individuals, medicare could expect to pay $3.5 million. So Judy can explain where she got the $10 million figure.

Finance committee  I believe it's at the health services end, yes.

Finance committee  The Canadian health measures survey has just been released with the oral health data. We're still looking for the data from the Inuit nations and the aboriginal peoples. That's going to come out in January 2011, so we can make more recommendations based on that. We would like t

Finance committee  It's interesting. I've been a practising dental hygienist for 20 years in Newfoundland and Labrador, and there is no public health hygienist in the province. The federal government spends close to $5 million to $7 million a year on treatment, particularly for the Inuit, and they

Finance committee  --to develop a comprehensive long-term plan with secure and stable funding to address oral health issues. We present two economic arguments that support a call for federal investment in oral health to create a cost-effective system with a prevention emphasis. First, there are

Finance committee  The costs associated with the treatment of oral diseases are staggering. How do we reduce these costs? Two words: prevention and education.

Finance committee  Thank you for the opportunity to address you today. CDHA represents dental hygienists in Canada, who number 20,000. We rank eighth in size among other health professional disciplines. The newly released “Report on the Findings of the Oral Health Component of the Canadian Healt