Volume 9 • 2022 • Issue 4

CDA also used this year’s Days on the Hill meetings to highlight the oral health challenges faced by seniors living in long-term care (LTC) facilities. CDA has been recommending increased oral health standards at LTC facilities, including that an oral health assessment be conducted at admission by an appropriately trained and licensed health professional. These standards could be further strengthened through a daily preventative oral care plan and ensuring LTC facilities have the appropriate infrastructure, equipment, and tools to enable routine, basic dental treatment to be delivered on site. (T. to b.): Dr. Nancy Auyeung, CDAAdvocacy Committee, Dr. SanjuktaMohanta, CDAAdvocacy Committee, Sonia Sidhu, Liberal MP for Brampton South. (Top to bottom): Dr. DeboraMatthews, Dr. Joel Antel, CDAVice‑President, Dr. Heather Carr, CDAPresident-Elect Senator Patti LaBoucane-Benson. We’re hoping to develop action plans to improve some of the inter-provincial labour mobility for dental assistants across the country. assisting curriculum and long-term action plans for inter-provincial labour mobility and integrating new Canadians into the dental assisting workforce. “We’re hoping to develop action plans to improve some of the inter-provincial labour mobility for dental assistants across the country,” said Breau. “Given Canada is welcoming a record number of immigrants, we’re looking at what we can do to make dental assisting a profession of choice for those new to Canada.” CDA — Days on the Hill 2022 16 | 2022 | Issue 4