A Calgary dentist whose business was found to be the highest billing clinic in Canada for root canals pleaded guilty to fraud this week on what was to be the first day of an eight-day trial.

Dr. Alena Smadych admitted to defrauding both Sun Life and Blue Cross insurance companies out of more than $125,000.

The College of Dental Surgeons of Alberta confirmed Smadych is no longer working.

"The CDSA protects and serves the public interest," reads a statement provided to CBC News. "The public interest is protected as Dr. Smadych has ceased practising."

'Strange billing practices'

The dentist was first charged with fraud in November 2023. A second charge was laid in April 2025.

At the time of the offences, Smadych was the owner of the All About Family Dental Clinic on Elbow Drive. She sol

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