Chief Dental Officer

Dr. Peter Cooney was appointed Chief Dental Officer with Health Canada in 2004. He joined Health Canada in 1991 and worked with Health Canada's First Nations and Inuit Health Branch (FNIHB) in Manitoba Region, was appointed the National Dental Officer in 1997 and served as the Director General of the Non-Insured Health Benefits Directorate from 1999 to 2003.

Dr. Cooney completed his Specialty, Masters and Fellowship in Community Dentistry. He is a Past President of the Canadian Association of Public Health Dentistry and a former Chief Examiner for the specialty of Dental Public Health with the Royal College of Dentists of Canada. He is currently cross appointed as an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Dentistry and Chair of the World Dental Federation's International Chief Dental Officers Public Health Section.

See also

• Office of the Chief Dental Officer
• Oral Health
• Oral Health Month
• National Dental Hygienists Week