Canadian Dental Care Plan promotional toolkit: English factsheet – Audio format

Canadian Dental Care Plan

The Canadian Dental Care Plan (CDCP) will help ease financial barriers to accessing dental care for up to 9 million Canadian residents.

Eligibility criteria

To qualify, you must meet all of the following criteria:

• have no access to dental insurance
• have an adjusted family net income of less than $90,000
• be a Canadian resident for tax purposes
• have filed your tax return in the previous year

Dental care services

A wide range of dental care services are covered under the CDCP, on the recommendation of an oral health provider, including:

• Scaling (cleaning)
• Exams
• X-Rays
• Fillings
• Removable dentures
• Root canal treatments
• Oral surgery

The CDCP will reimburse a percentage of the cost, based on established CDCP fees and your adjusted family net income.

You may have to pay additional charges directly to the oral health provider, if:

• your adjusted family net income is between $70,000 and $89,999
• the cost of your oral health care services are more than the established CDCP fees, or
• you and your oral health provider agree to services that the CDCP doesn't cover

The CDCP will only reimburse providers directly. CDCP clients should confirm at time of appointment as well as before receiving care that their provider has agreed to bill Sunlife directly for services covered under the CDCP.

Dental care is important to your overall health and well-being. Regular visits to an oral health professional have proven to reduce the risk of dental decay, gum disease and other serious health issues such as cardiovascular disease and stroke.

For more details on the CDCP and eligibility criteria, visit Canada.ca/dental.

Government of Canada.