Victoria – Paying for those white choppers.
The Province is helping more British Columbians with low incomes receive much-needed dental care.
Information on reduced cost dental clinics in B.C.:
http://www.yourdentalhealth.ca/visiting-your-dentist/reduced-cost-clinics
Not-for-profit clinics will receive $2.8 million in new support over the next three years to ensure they can continue providing life-changing dental care for people in need at 21 clinics throughout B.C.
In 2021, not-for-profit clinics provided dental care for people with low incomes for free or at a reduced rate more than 47,000 times.
This funding to the BC Dental Association (BCDA) provides stability for the province’s not-for-profit dental clinics, helping offset costs, such as materials and dental lab fees, required to provide services to financially vulnerable people. It will also support the purchase of equipment, such as sterilization and X-ray machines, dental instruments and pediatric equipment.
Increasing access to dental care for people in need is part of TogetherBC, the Province’s first poverty-reduction strategy. Funding dental services also supports commitments under the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act.
