Description:

Correctional Services Canada provides essential health services to inmates (access to screening, referral and treatment services). Essential services shall include dental care for acute conditions.

Region of Administration:

Federal

Government/ Department:

Correctional Services Canada.

Eligibility:

All inmates of federal prisons.

Coverage:

Dental care for acute dental conditions where the inmate is experiencing swelling pain or trauma; preventive treatment (i.e., necessary fillings, extractions, etc.) subject to the motivation displayed by the inmate to take an active part in the process; and removable dental prostheses as recommended by the institutional Dentist. All other dental care will be initiated and funded by the inmate.

Providers:

Dentists

Therapeutic Responsibility: