Fee guides won't improve access to dental care in Alberta

The high fees for dentistry in Alberta is a hot topic and the solution, as demanded by the current Alberta government, is to reintroduce a fee guide. What has been lost in this conversation: Why was the fee guide eliminated in Alberta? Is there evidence that fee guides improve access to care? Who benefits from having a fee guide in Alberta? What are the real solutions to improved access to care? In the mid-1990s, the federal Competition Bureau published an article on the subject of dental fee guides in Ontario.