The chart below sums up fee guide increases announced for 2021, by the dental associations.

Province/

Territory

Percentage
cost
increase

Details of increase

2021
start
date

British Columbia

3.96% overall increase

Diagnostic - 5.20%

Preventative - 2.24%

Amalgams - 4.84%

Composites - 4.46%

Crowns - 5.04%

Endodontics  - 6.08%

Periodontics - 3.43%

Removable prosthodontics - 4.52%

Fixed prosthodontics - 5.05%

Oral surgery - 3.88%

Orthodontics - 4.46%

Adjunctive - 4.56%

 

February 1

Alberta

0% change

No increase

January 1

Saskatchewan

3.23% overall increase

Diagnostic - 1.85%

Preventative - 5.36%

Amalgams - 4.15%

Composites - 1.96%

Crowns - 4.33%

Endodontics - 3.19%

Periodontics - 2.75%

Removable prosthodontics - 2.86%

Fixed prosthodontics - 2.92%

Oral surgery - 1.96%

Orthodontics - 2.25%

Adjunctive - 6.76%

January 1

Manitoba

4.18% weighted average

 

Diagnostic - 4.19%

Preventative - 4.12%

Restorative - 4.21%

Endodontics - 4.20%

 

Periodontics - 4.10%

Removable prosthodontics - 4.20%

Fixed prosthodontics - 4.27%

Oral surgery - 4.20%

Orthodontics - 4.20%

Adjunctive - 4.15%

January 1

Northern Manitoba

Not yet available

Ontario

4.6%

Overall weighted increase

Diagnostic - 6.4%

Preventative - 2.2%

Restorations - 5.9%

Endodontics  - 5.5%

Periodontics - 3.6%

Removable prosthodontics - 5.6%

Fixed prosthodontics - 7.1%

Oral surgery - 5.4%

Orthodontics - 6.5%

Adjunctive - 6.2%

January 1

Quebec

4.2%

Overall increase

January 1

New Brunswick

2.52%

Overall increase

February 1

Nova Scotia

3.39%

Overall increase

February 1

Prince Edward Island

2.61%

Weighted average

January 1

Newfoundland & Labrador

5%

Overall increase

January 1

Northwest Territories

3%

Overall weighted increase

January 1

Nunavut

3.1%

Overall weighted increase

January 1

Yukon

Not yet available

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