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If you're struggling with access to dental care and would like to know more about any low cost dental care options for adults and seniors that may be available in your community OR would like to help improve access to dental care in your community contact the OOHA chairperson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. more information


The Ontario Oral Health Alliance (OOHA) got started in January 2007 by a group of community dental coalitions who wanted to show policy makers that improving access to dental care was a goal shared by many people across Ontario.  OOHA is driven and informed by organizations and enaged individuals from around the province.


OOHA's vision is:  a system that allows for equitable dental care for all Ontarians 

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Filling the Gap: Expanded Access to Dental Care in Ontario and Canada”

Niagara College, Welland Campus, Friday April 26, 2019

Click here for Presentations from the day

CD Howe Commentary 250pxReview and share with your local coalitions this encouraging report called “Filling the Cavities: Improving the Efficiency and Equity of Canada’s Dental Care System” from the CD Howe Institute  that focuses on how to improve equity in access to dental care in Canada!

Here is a quote from the report: “We believe provincial governments should take inspiration from other countries and start moving toward some form of universal dental insurance coverage; in doing so they should also consider ways in which the dental services sector could become more competitive and efficient. Policy initiatives along those lines could yield major payoffs, in terms of both equity and efficiency.”

 

 

  • OOHA Symposium 2018

    OOHA Symposium 2018 Material

    Follow this link to the view material from the Ontario Oral Health Alliance forum - The Gap in our Healthcare System – Access to Oral Healthcare Ontario Oral Health Alliance (OOHA) held at Queens Park in March 2018.

  • flourideexposed

    Check Out fluorideexposed.org

    Your source for high quality, detailed science on fluoride and fluoridation.

    We are a non-profit charitable project with a mission to make fields related to water, health, teeth, and chemistry more transparent and accessible.

  • TedTalk Cavities

    TED Talk - What Causes Cavities

    When a team of archeologists recently came across some 15,000-year-old human remains, they made an interesting discovery: the teeth of those ancient humans were riddled with holes. So what causes cavities, and how can we avoid them? Mel Rosenberg takes us inside our teeth to find out. Follow this link to YouTube and learn more.

  • Government Funded Programs in Ontario

    Government Funded Programs in Ontario

    This resource, from the Ontario Association of Public Health Dentistry, provides a summary of government funded dental programs in Ontario including details of eligibility, coverage and other useful program related information.

     

     

  • Resources

    Resources

    Did you know that more than 2.3 million Ontarians cannot afford to see a dental professional and that one third of workers in Ontario do not have medical or dental benefits? 

    Learn more about this and more from recent resources... 

  • University of Toronto

    Support Letter from University of Toronto


    Read the letter     from the Dean of the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Dentistry supporting community water fluoridation.