
Healthy dentists
Healthy Albertans
Visiting the Dentist
Your dentist wants to help you fully understand your treatment options and associated costs before making dental care decisions. Learn more about the dental team, fees and support programs for Albertans.

Your Oral Health
Dental Benefits
It’s important to know how your dental plan can help you and how it works. Whether you have a dental plan or not, the first step is always talking to your dentist to establish your dental health needs.
Fluoride
The ADA supports water fluoridation as a safe, effective method for preventing dental cavities.
Oral Health Programs for Albertans
The Government of Alberta has various low-income dental programs for Albertans in financial need without access to dental insurance.
Latest dental news
Dr. Carol Martin is the President of the Alberta Dental Association for 2026
Rural Alberta dentist brings decades of practice and governance experience to her term, will focus on access to care and oral health education.
What Does Excellence in Dentistry Look Like?
Dr. Cheryl Cable is the 2025 recipient of the Alberta Dental Association’s Advocacy Leadership Award, which recognizes members who have demonstrated outstanding service, innovation, and leadership in advancing oral health and patient care in Alberta.
Study Links Good Dental Hygiene to a Longer, Better Life
A person’s oral health can provide important clues about their life expectancy and whether they will require long-term care.

About Us
Our members are clinicians, entrepreneurs, leaders, mentors and deeply embedded in their community. We help dentists optimize every aspect of their personal and practice lives because we believe that healthy dentists mean healthy patients.

