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provides high quality dental care to all seniors who qualify. Who is eligible? You may be eligible if you: • Are 65 or older • Are a resident of Ontario • Have an annual net income of $22,200 or less for a single person or a combined annual net income of $37,100 or less for a couple • Have no access to any other form of dental benefts ...
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Learn how to access free, routine dental care for eligible seniors 65 years or older, through the Ontario Seniors Dental Care Program. The program is designed to support low-income seniors.During the Canada Post service disruption, Ontario Seniors Dental Care Program (OSDCP) applicants may experience delays with their program applications and communications such as welcome packages and dental ...
Ontario Seniors’ Dental Care Program. The new Ontario Seniors Dental Care Program is a government-funded dental care program. It provides free, routine dental services for low-income seniors who are 65 years of age or older. Seniors can access dental services under this program only through: Public Health Units; partner Community Health ...
- Purpose
- Pre-Screen Notification
- Assessment of Clinical Eligibility
- Assessment of Program and Financial Eligibility
- Assessment of Clinical Eligibility
- Assessment of Program and Financial Eligibility
- Healthy Smiles Ontario Preventive Services Only Stream (HSO-PSO)
This protocol has been developed to provide direction to boards of health on oral health services to be offered, including: Oral screening*, assessment and surveillance; Services to be offered through the Healthy Smiles Ontario (HSO) Program to children meeting the clinical and financial eligibility requirements of the Program; and Services to be o...
1) In preparation for school oral screening, the board of health shall: Coordinate with schools to make prior arrangements regarding the screening dates, time and locations; Ensure that notification is provided to parents/guardians at least 10 business days before oral screening is scheduled to take place. This notification shall include informatio...
5) The board of health shall: Assess and confirm clinical eligibility for HSO-PSO according to the criteria for each of the following services: Professionally Applied Topical Fluoride (PATF) and Pit and Fissure Sealants (PFS) Where one or more of the following criteria apply: I) History of decay; II) Current decay - including incipient caries/white...
6) The board of health shall: Assess and confirm program and financial eligibility for HSO-PSO including completion of a HSO-PSO Parent Notification Form according to the following criteria: Financial hardship criteria: I) The child/youth or family’s income is equivalent to a level at which they would be in receipt of the Ontario Child Benefit, and...
7) The board of health shall: Assess and confirm clinical eligibility for HSO-EESS according to the following criteria: Emergency: The patient presents with pain, infection, haemorrhage, trauma, or pathology that requires immediate clinical treatment. Essential: The patient presents with lost restorations, caries into the dentine (refer to definiti...
8) The board of health shall: Assess and confirm program and financial eligibility for HSO-EESS including completion of a HSO-EESS Application Form or a HSO-EESS Parent Notification Form according to the following criteria: Financial hardship criteria: I) The child/youth or family’s income is equivalent to a level at which they would be in receipt ...
9) The board of health shall: a) Notify the parents/guardians of children who are screened and identified in need of preventive services within five business days of completing screening, or as soon as reasonably possible. This notification shall be by mail, telephone discussion, direct contact, or by electronic communication where available, and s...
May 11, 2021 · For their application to be assessed under the new income thresholds, seniors who are eligible under the new income thresholds for the Ontario Seniors Dental Care Program can apply beginning July 1 st, 2021. Since the launch of the Seniors Dental Care Program in 2019, over 50,000 Ontarians have enrolled in the program.
Routine Dental Care for Eligible Seniors The Ontario Seniors Dental Care Program provides high quality dental care to all seniors who qualify. Who is eligible? You may be eligible if you: • Are 65 or older • Are a resident of Ontario • Have an annual net income of $22,200 or . less for a single person or a combined annual
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PORT HOPE, ON (August 19, 2021) - There’s reason to smile, as more older adults in the region may now qualify for a provincial program that pays the costs of dental care. The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit is promoting new income limits that increase eligibility for the Province’s Ontario Seniors Dental Care Program (OSDCP) .
