Resources

Our collection of backgrounders, statements, and articles will help our oral health champions and advocacy targets with understanding CDHA’s insights and recommendations for how decision-makers and relevant stakeholders can contribute to advancing oral health in public policies.

Awareness About the Profession

• Backgrounder: Dental Hygienists in Canada
• Backgrounder: Independent Dental Hygiene Practice
• Statement: Registered Dental Hygienists Are Essential Primary Health Care Professionals (2020)
• COVID-19 Pandemic: Impact on Dental Hygienists in Canada (2021)
• Summary: Dental Hygiene Regulation and Education
• National Dental Hygienists Week^™
• Glossary: Oral Health Professionals

National Public Opinions on Oral Health

• 2023 Poll Findings | Infographic (Abacus Data)
• 2022 Poll Findings | Infographic (Abacus Data)

Keeping Members Informed

• Advocacy in Action - April 28, 2023 (video)
• Advocacy in Action - September 27, 2022
• Advocacy in Action - April 19, 2022
• Advocacy in Action - November 29, 2021
• Advocacy in Action - April 24, 2021
• Advocacy in Action - May 29, 2020
• Advocacy in Action - May 31, 2019
• Advocacy in Action - April 26, 2018
• Advocacy in Action - March 30, 2017
• Advocacy in Action - November 24, 2016
• Advocacy in Action - July 27, 2016

Get Involved

• CDHA Advocacy Toolkit: A guide for dental hygienists (2021)
• Social Shareables: Seniors Deserve Better Oral Care
• Sample Social Media Messages

CDHA Opinion Articles

• Dental care plan a generational chance for change, The Hill Times, July 2024, [PDF]
• Dental hygienists have powerful potential to improve oral health care delivery in Canada, The Hill Times, April 2024, [PDF]
• The Canadian Dental Care Plan must prioritize prevention and accessibility, The Hill Times, October 2023, [PDF]
• Canadian Dental Care Plan should focus on preventive oral health services, The Hill Times, August 2023, [PDF]
• Good dental care starts before the freezing and fillings, Policy Options, October 2022
• Long-term care changes must support greater resident access to oral health services, The Hill Times, February 2021, [PDF]
• For oral health, prevention is key, The Hill Times, August 2019, [PDF]
• Canadians deserve better on health care, The Hill Times, March 2017

External Resources

• Featured Publications and Data
• Members of Parliament
• House of Commons Standing Committees
• Cabinet Ministers
• Parliamentary Secretaries
• Senators
• Senate Committees

Discover More

• CDHA Position Papers and Statements
• CDHA Media Releases
• CDHA Research Agenda
• CDHA Dental Hygiene Image Bank
• Provincial Dental Hygienists Associations