Over 10% of Canadians live with pain in their mouth. People visit emergency rooms for care that could be better delivered in a dental office. Canadians lose teeth that could have been saved, which makes it hard to eat nutritiously and can make it more difficult to find work.
People 70 and older, Indigenous people 50 and older, the immunocompromised, and residents of long-term, special and personal care homes are already eligible for a booster.