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Dental care is excluded from Canada’s universal healthcare system, with services provided based on the ability to pay. Our dental-care system is leading large segments of the population to neglect care, resulting in poor oral health and all of its consequences. This book examines the history of dentistry in Canada, demonstrating how private business interests have prevailed over public health. Current trends in the industry, such as corporate ownership and a focus on cosmetic dentistry, continue this history. But change is possible. By examining alternative approaches to the current dental-care system, this book is a call to action to make a healthier future possible.
Price: $20.00
Pages: 176
Publisher: Fernwood Publishing
Imprint: Fernwood Publishing
Series: About Canada
Publication Date:
15 May 2023
Trim Size: 7.00 X 5.00 in
ISBN: 9781773635910
Format: Paperback
“Dr. Doucet’s book is an incisive summary of dental care in Canada. Through well-researched and genuinely shocking statistics, Dr. Doucet exposes the vulnerable underbelly of Canadian health care and provides a rare look behind the curtain of Canada’s growing dental corporation industry. Dr. Doucet skillfully describes the lack of access to dental care in relation to a broader picture of inequity, colonialism, ableism, and racism. This book presents a stark, critical, and necessary examination of dental care in Canada; it should be essential reading for policy-makers and anyone in the health care field. I strongly endorse this book and I highly recommend it to anyone looking to rapidly learn about the past, present, and future of dental care in Canada. Dr. Doucet equips us with the ability to be on the right side of history. The reader cannot help but conclude that the status quo for dental care in Canada is completely indefensible.”
— Dr Melanie Bechard (MD, MPH, FRCPC) Chair, Canadian Doctors for Medicare
— Dr Melanie Bechard (MD, MPH, FRCPC) Chair, Canadian Doctors for Medicare
Dr. Brandon Doucet is a dentist practising in Nova Scotia, with interests in surgery and public health, and is the founder of the Coalition for Dentalcare.
Introduction: : The Struggle for Oral Health
Chapter 1: : The Structure of Dental Care
Chapter 2:: The History of Dental Care in Canada
Chapter 3:: Public Dental Programs
Chapter 4:: Benefitting from the Status Quo
Conclusion:
Introduction: The Struggle for Oral Health
Chapter 1: The Structure of Dental Care
Chapter 2: The History of Dental Care in Canada
Chapter 3: Public Dental Programs
Chapter 4: Benefitting from the Status Quo
Conclusion