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News and E vents
Nova Scotia dentists run pilot program
for working poor
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Project
The Fundy Dental Community Project (FDCP), a pilot program in Coldbrook, Nova Scotia. The
program provides low-income residents in the Annapolis Valley with basic dental services:
restorative treatment, hygiene, extractions and dentures.
Team
Dr. Scott Schofield leads a team of 8 dentists, 2 hygienists and 1 dental assistant. Each dentist
works roughly 3–4 hours, every second week. Dalhousie University also supplies dentists in the
General Practice Residency program and fourth-year students in the public health elective on
one-week rotations.
Patients
The program is targeting the working poor; those who don’t qualify for income assistance
and don’t have enough disposable income to get the preventative services they would like to
have. “We are looking for patients with significant dental need and financial constraints who
are motivated to get back to a state of good oral health. There is no recall system in the FDCP;
our aim is to help patients deal with any acute dental problems and then get them back to a
general dental practice for ongoing care,” Dr. Schofield explains.
For more
information on
the Fundy Dental
Community Project,
visit
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