Oral well being on wheels on Hamilton Mountain

Oral well being on wheels on Hamilton Mountain

Pat Armstrong, manager of dental programs at Hamilton’s public health services, noted the Seniors Dental Health Bus at the Sackville Hill Seniors Recreation Centre saw more than 200 appointments in 2022.Oral well being on wheels on Hamilton Mountain

It has grow to be a well-recognized sight on the Sackville Hill Seniors Recreation Centre.

Because it started weekly or twice-weekly service on the busy central Mountain location final July, the Seniors Dental Well being Bus has seen greater than 200 appointments by the top of 2022.

The free service is aimed toward seniors with a low revenue.

“That is a part of the Ontario Seniors Dental Care Program,” mentioned Pat Armstrong, supervisor of dental packages at Hamilton’s public well being providers. “(The service offers) cleanings, fillings, dentures in the event that they want them, some root canals — it’s household complete.”

The provincial dental program affords free providers to folks age 65 and over who don’t have a dental program and have a single individual web revenue of $19,300 or much less or a mixed couple’s annual web revenue of $32,300 or much less.

Dental bus service is by appointment solely.

Certified seniors should fill out an software kind they will choose up at 110 King St. W. or on-line by way of www.ontario.ca/web page/dental-care-low-income-seniors.

Seniors may also name the Hamilton Public Well being Providers dental clinic at 905-546-2424, ext. 3789 to have a kind mailed to them.

As soon as they’re enrolled in this system and get their dental card, they will name the dental clinic to make an appointment for the seniors dental bus of their space.

Rose Tedeschi, a dental assistant on the dental well being bus, mentioned a lot of their purchasers misplaced their protection once they turned 65.

“They’re so grateful that we’re right here and they can entry (the service),” Tedeschi mentioned. “It’s actually essential for his or her total well being.”

The Seniors Dental Well being Bus additionally visits the Olympic Westoby Enviornment in Dundas, Morgan Firestone Enviornment in Ancaster, Harry Howell Enviornment in Flamborough and the Binbrook department of the Hamilton Public Library.