Healthy Smiles Ontario (free dental care for children 17 and under)

Free preventive, routine and emergency dental care for children and youth from low-income Ontario families, including check-ups, cleaning, fillings, x-rays, scaling and extractions (braces and whitening are not covered).

Program in Ontario-wide. Government benefits Money, grants & charity Health & care Parents & families Teens & youth

When: Apply any time. The ontario.ca program page shows a last update of October 21, 2021, so confirm the current income limits with Toronto Public Health at 416-338-7600.

How to reach them

1. Go to their application form.
2. Say who you are and what you are offering or asking.
3. Come back here and tell us if they answered.

Other ways, if that one is quiet

• PhoneGo to the phone line
  It workedNo answer

• PhoneCall 416-338-7600
  It workedNo answer

Where else they are

Their website is ontario.ca/page/get-dental-care.

Good to know

• For whomChildren and youth 17 and under in Ontario households with family net income at or below $24,347 for 1 child, $26,189 for 2 or $28,032 for 3 (higher limits for bigger families); children whose families get Ontario Works, ODSP, Temporary Care Assistance or Assistance for Children with Severe Disabilities qualify automatically.
• CostFree
• LanguagesEnglish, French
• Their stepsIn Toronto, call Toronto Public Health at 416-338-7600: they check if your child qualifies and help you enrol. Or apply yourself with the online application on the ontario.ca Get dental care page (your spouse or partner takes part too), or print the form and mail it to Healthy Smiles Ontario, 33 King Street West, PO Box 645, Oshawa, Ontario L1H 8X1. If your family gets Ontario Works, ODSP, Temporary Care Assistance or Assistance for Children with Severe Disabilities, your children already qualify. Find a Toronto Public Health dental clinic on the City's Dental Clinics page.

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