Health Minister Pitches Dental-Care Changes to Get Dentists Onside

Health Minister Pitches Dental-Care Changes to Get Dentists Onside
Health Minister Mark Holland rises during Question Period, in Ottawa, on April 16, 2024. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
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Health Minister Mark Holland is announcing tweaks to Ottawa’s new dental-care plan in a bid to get more dentists, hygienists and oral-health care providers to participate.

Dental and hygienists associations say their members have been slow to sign up to provide care under the new federal program, even though 1.7 million low- and middle-income seniors have already enrolled.