This award may be given to a dentist or other person to recognize either an outstanding contribution in a given year, or outstanding service over a number of years. It may also recognize outstanding contributions to the dental profession at the academic level, corporate level, specialty society, council, commission or committee level.
| Distinguished Service Award - Past Recipients (Since 1976) | |
| 2023/2024 | Dr. Martin Gillis (Liverpool, NS) |
| Dr. Jennifer MacLellan (Halifax, NS) | |
| Dr. Nathalie Morin (Montreal, QC) | |
| 2021/2022 | Dr. William Hettenhausen (Thunder Bay, Ontario) |
| 2020/2021 | Dr. Aaron Burry (Ottawa, Ontario) |
| Dr. Reginald Goodday (Halifax, Nova Scotia) | |
| Dr. Tom Raddall (Liverpool, Nova Scotia) | |
| Dr. Bernie White (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) | |
| 2019/2020 | Dr. Anne Dale (Toronto, Ontario) |
| Dr. Eric Hatfield (Yarmouth, Nova Scotia) | |
| Dr. Dennis Lanigan (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) | |
| Dr. Robert Loney (Bedford, Nova Scotia) | |
| Dr. Mel Schwartz (Montreal, Quebec) | |
| 2018/2019 | Dr. Jack Cottrell (Port Perry, Ontario) |
| Dr. Alfred Dean (New Waterford, Nova Scotia) | |
| Dr. Paul Kavanagh (Montreal, Quebec) | |
| 2017/2018 | Dr. Ross Anderson (Halifax, Nova Scotia) |
| Dr. Clive Friedman London, Ontaio | |
| Dr. John Palmer Abbotsford, British Columbia | |
| Dr. Bruce Ward Vancouver, British Columbia | |
| 2016/2017 | Dr. Don Friedlander (Ottawa, Ontario) |
| Dr. Jack Gerrow (Ottawa, Ontario) | |
| Dr. John O'Keefe (Ottawa, Ontario) | |
| Dr. Benoit Soucy (Ottawa, Ontario) | |
| 2015/2016 | Dr. Susan Sutherland (Toronto, Ontario) |
| 2014/2015 | Dr. Blaine Cleghorn (Halifax, Nova Scotia) |
| Dr. Amil Shapka (St. Paul, Alberta) | |
| 2013/2014 | Dr. Louis Dubé (Sherbrooke, QC) |
| Dr. Walter Dobrovolsky (Edmonton, AB) | |
| Ms. Susan Matheson (Ottawa, ON) | |
| 2012/2013 | Dr. Colin Dawes (Winnipeg, Manitoba) |
| Dr. Saida Rasul (Vancouver, British Columbia) | |
| Dr. Jocelyn Pearce (posthumously) | |
| 2011/2012 | Dr. Phillip Poon (Winnipeg, Manitoba) |
| Dr. Geoff Smith (St. John's, Newfoundland) | |
| 2010/2011 | Ms. Barbara Wishart (Scotchtown, New Brunswick) |
| Dr. Donald Cunningham (Guelph, Ontario) | |
| Dr. Richard Ellen (Toronto, Ontario) | |
| 2009/2010 | Dr. James Leake - Kingston, Ontario |
| Dr. Peter Stevenson-Moore - Vancouver, British Columbia | |
| Dr. Robert Sexton - Cornerbrook, Newfoundland | |
| 2008/2009 | Dr. R. John McComb - Toronto, Ontario |
| Dr. Trey L. Petty - Calgary, Alberta | |
| Dr. Richard Vaughn Tucker - Ferndale, Washington | |
| 2007/2008 | Mr. Kingsley Butler - Toronto, Ontario |
| Dr. Christopher Robinson - Edmonton, Alberta | |
| Dr. Wayne Pulver - Willowdale, Ontario | |
| Mr. Joel Neal - Ottawa, Ontario | |
| 2006/2007 | Dr. Robert (Mac) Balfour - Oakville, Ontario |
| Dr. Johann de Vries - Winnipeg, Manitoba | |
| Dr. Robert Salois - Montréal, Quebec | |
| 2005/2006 | Dr. Gérald E. Albert - Montréal, Quebec |
| Dr. Robert (Rick) E. Hallett - Kamloops, British Columbia | |
| Prof. Keith C. Titley - Toronto, Ontario | |
| 2004/2005 | Dr. Peter Fendrich - London, Ontario |
| Dr. Claude Lamarche - Montréal, Quebec | |
| Dr. Michael A. Lasko - Winnipeg, Manitoba | |
| 2003/2004 | Dr. (Col) John R. Currah - Ottawa, Ontario |
| Dr. Gilles Dubé - Lachute, Quebec | |
| Mr. Brian Henderson - Perth, Ontario | |
| 2002/2003 | Dr. Guy Maranda - Fossambault-sur-le-Lac, Quebec |
| Dr. Donald Bonang - Seabright, Nova Scotia | |
| Mr. Jardine Neilson - Langley, British Columbia | |
| 2001/2002 | Dr. Luc Dugal - Calgary, Alberta |
| Dr. Denis Forest - Ste Marceline, Quebec | |
| Dr. Douglas B. Smith - Belleville, Ontario | |
| 2000/2001 | Dr. Jean-Yves Turcotte - Ste-Foy, Quebec |
| Dr. Stephane Schwartz - Montréal, Quebec | |
| Dr. Brian Barrett - Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island | |
| 1999/2000 | Dr. Daniel Pelland - Montréal, Quebec |
| Dr. Marcia Boyd - Vancouver, British Columbia | |
| Ms. Linda Teteruck - Ottawa, Ontario | |
| 1998/1999 | Dr. Les S. Allen - Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Dr. George S. Beagrie - Vancouver, British Columbia | |
| Dr. Pierre Desautels - Montréal, Quebec | |
| 1997/1998 | Dr. George Burgman - Niagara Falls, Ontario |
| Dr. Donald W. Lewis - Toronto, Ontario | |
| Mr. Don Pamenter - Halifax, Nova Scotia | |
| 1996/1997 | Dr. Derek Jones - Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Dr. Jack Niedermayer - Regina, Saskatchewan | |
| 1995/1996 | Dr. Michel Jahjah - Montréal, Quebec |
| Dr. Dennis C. Smith - Collingwood, Ontario | |
| Dr. James Wright - Kingston, Ontario | |
| 1994/1995 | Dr. Gordon Thompson - Edmonton, Alberta |
| Dr. G. Roy Thordarson - West Vancouver, British Columbia | |
| 1993/1994 | Dr. John R. Robertson - Summerside, Prince Edward Island |
| Dr. Harry Rosen - Montréal, Quebec | |
| Dr. Melvin Charendoff - Toronto, Ontario | |
| 1992/1993 | Dr. Michael Cripton - Moncton, New Brunswick |
| Dr. Pierre-Yves Lamarche - Laval, Quebec | |
| Mr. Ross McIntyre - Winnipeg, Manitoba | |
| Dr. Donald Woodside - Toronto, Ontario | |
| 1991/1992 | Dr. John Durran - Ancaster, Ontario |
| Mr. John Gillies - Toronto, Ontario | |
| Dr. Kenneth F. Pownall - Etibicoke, Ontario | |
| Dr. George Zarb - Toronto, Ontario | |
| 1990/1991 | Dr. Louis Bernier - Quebec, Quebec |
| Dr. Donald MacFarlane - Vancouver, British Columbia | |
| Dr. George Peacock - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | |
| 1989/1990 | Dr. Kenneth Bentley - Lacolle, Quebec |
| Dr. Arthur Schwartz - Winnipeg, Manitoba | |
| Dr. Thomas E. (Ted) Ramage - Madeira Park, British Columbia | |
| Dr. Donald Steeves | |
| 1988/1989 | No recipient |
| 1987/1988 | Dr. James D. MacLean |
| 1986/1987 | No recipient |
| 1985/1986 | Dr. Arthur Wood - Mississauga, Ontario |
| 1984/1985 | Mr. Murray McDonald |
| 1983/1984 | Dr. Doug J. Yeo - Comox, British Columbia |
| 1982/1983 | Mr. Henry Thornton |
| 1981/1982 | Dr. R.A. Gray |
| Mrs. Edith Schmidt | |
| 1977-1980 | No recipient |
| 1976/1977 | Mr. M.E. Bower |
