Volume 8 • 2021 • Issue 6

Watch a video presentation fromAbacus on these survey results on CDA Oasis: bit.ly/3uK1H8K INCREASE IN NUMBER OF VISITSTOTHE DENTIST INTENTIONTO SCHEDULE A DENTALAPPOINTMENT FEAR OF COVID-19 TRANSMISSIONATTHE DENTAL OFFICE COMFORT LEVELS WITHVISITING THE DENTIST DENTAL SERVICESAT NEXTVISIT INDICATEA RETURNTONORMALCY Despite fears around the new wave of COVID-19, visits to the dental office have continued. The proportion of Canadians that have had no dental visits since March 2020 has remained the same, but those who have been going are continuing to attend. More thanone-third (36%) of respondents say they intend to schedule a dental appointment ASAP or very soon. The perceived risk of COVID-19 transmission at the dental office has not changed since June 2021, and it remains low.A largemajority of respondents are unconcerned about any risks. Following a steady increase in comfort levels around dental visits since November 2020, the proportion of Canadians who are comfortable visiting their dentist has remained the same at 75%. The incidence of emergency dental care has dropped significantly since earlier in the pandemic. Dental cleaning continues to be the primary service Canadians expect to get at their next visit. This bodes well for a return to normalcy. The survey was conducted with 3,000 Canadians from August 9 to 12, 2021 and August 12 to 18, 2021. A random sample of panelists were invited to complete the survey from a set of partner panels based on the Lucid exchange platform. These partners are typically double opt-in survey panels, blended to manage out potential skews in the data from a single source. The margin of error for a comparable probability-based random sample of the same size is +/- 1.76%, 19 times out of 20. The data were weighted according to census data to ensure that the sample matched Canada’s population according to age, gender, educational attainment, and region. 17 Issue 6 | 2021 | CDA atWork