Canada's dental care plan begins today. Here's what you need to know

Canada’s national dental care plan begins covering 1.7 million seniors today — the first phase of a massive public oral health-care insurance program that eventually will cover one quarter of Canadians. But many patients may still be kept waiting to get their dental visits covered.

Canada's dental care plan begins today. Here's what you need to know
Shannon Maitland, a dental hygienist in the Ottawa is seen in personal protective equipment with a patient in her mobile dental van.

Canada’s national dental care plan begins covering 1.7 million seniors today — the first phase of a massive public oral health-care insurance program that eventually will cover one quarter of Canadians. But many patients may still be kept waiting to get their dental visits covered.