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http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/e...osts-1.3887198

Alberta's NDP government will create a dental fee guide to try to take a bite out of skyrocketing dental costs.

The announcement by Health Minister Sarah Hoffman Thursday was part of the results of a provincial review of the dental industry, launched more than a year ago.

The review confirmed that fee rates in the province are higher, and growing faster than anywhere else in the province.

Alberta's dentists stopped publishing a fee guide in 1997, arguing that getting rid of it would stimulate competition and lower prices for patients.

Prices for dental procedures in the province have climbed rapidly over the past decade, increasing by about 5.6 per cent each year, far outpacing all other provinces as the priciest in the country.