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 fly children into St. John's and extract all their teeth by the age of four--
On November 1st, 2010. See this statement in context.