Dentists joining or not joining wouldn't even be an issue if the program was properly constructed in the first place.

All the government had to do was plug into a long established system. I enroll, I get a provider number and plan number and I'm good to go.

When I had dental coverage through my employer, I gave my provider and plan numbers to the dentist and everything just worked.

Boycott those dentists.

It's going to start small.

But I can't see a situation where an underinsured Canadian will revert back to the mercenary setup.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

The national program will eventually apply to one quarter of Canadians, but Ottawa is rolling out eligibility gradually, starting with seniors first.

"It really irks me that the federal government came out and announced a dental plan, but they didn't do their homework to get the thing in place so that my dentist could be part of it," she said.

"But unlike other dental plans, this federal program is asking the dentist to sign a contract that's seven pages long with a lot of unknown factors and unnecessary terms and conditions."

Dental health care providers say they're also concerned about imposing a lot of new paperwork on already overburdened administrative staff.

The CDCP is modelled on the Non-Insured Health Benefits, a federal program that provides dental care to First Nations and Inuit in Canada.

Health Minister Mark Holland suggested Ottawa may sweeten the deal to entice more dental care providers to join.

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