I've dealt with everything from individuals living on the streets, to individuals in long-term care, to individuals with significant health problems. As you age in particular, you have significant health problems. Oral health becomes a real, critical part.
Not surprising, if you have other health-related problems, you have oral health-related problems and you need a lot of additional care.
I'm familiar with the projects. I know the dentists that you're speaking of specifically. I know the volunteer effort they put in.
That's something you simply cannot do in private practice settings. These individuals need a lot of additional support. I would say the same thing applies to individuals in long-term care in particular because you're not just dealing with the individual. You're dealing with the families, the caregivers and others who provide that support.
This program is so important to us, in that the group of individuals who the government is now going to be offering these benefits to are seniors and people with special needs. Individuals well over the age of 87 are now starting to come in.
Providing dentistry to those groups is challenging. I did it for a good part of my career. That's why the program needs to be designed to assist them.