Dr. Joel Antel, President
Dr. Joel Antel is New Canadian Dental Association President
The Canadian Dental Association (CDA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Joel Antel as CDA president for 2024-25. He is a full-time general dentist at Dr. Joel Antel & Associates Dental Clinic in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
In 1979, Dr. Antel graduated with a DMD from the University of Manitoba Faculty of Dentistry, now the Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry.
Dr. Antel is a past president of the Manitoba Dental Association (MDA) and the Manitoba Dental Foundation. He joined the CDA Board of Directors as the MDA Representative in 2017. He has served on boards and committees of many community, educational and professional organizations. He has taught at the dental college and dental assisting programs in Manitoba and presented continuing education programs to dentists, hygienists and dental assistants.
His awards include the 1998 MDA Volunteer Appreciation Award of Recognition and the 2003 MDA President’s Award of Merit. He was the recipient of the 2009 CDI College Dental Assisting Program Practicum Partnership Award. Dr. Antel has been awarded fellowships in the International College of Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry International, and the Pierre Fauchard Academy. He is also a founding member of the Winnipeg Progressive Dental Study Club, now the Two Rivers Dental Study Club.
Dr. Antel is the author of a book on patient education and a “customer service” approach to dental practice. In 2021, he was part of the Manitoba Vaccine Team, a COVID-19 immunization campaign, for which he was a vaccinator.
Dr. Antel and his wife Bonnie were both born and raised in Winnipeg. They have three children and six grandchildren. In his spare time, Dr. Antel plays guitar and bass for Mandibular Black, a rock music cover band, which has performed at conventions and fundraisers.
A life-long contributor to his community, Dr. Antel has been involved with the Stevenson Britannia Adult Learning Centre and the Winnipeg West Rotary Club, where he was a board member and a Rotary Club Paul Harris fellow. He served with the Chai Folk Ensemble Orchestra as a guitarist and performers’ representative to the Chai Folk Arts Council Board of Directors, where he became president. He currently serves on the Chai Folk Arts Council Board of Governors.
Dr. Antel will lead CDA in its mandate as the national voice for dentistry, dedicated to the advancement and leadership of a unified profession and to the promotion of optimal oral health as an essential component of general health.
