The Special Friend of Canadian Dentistry Award is bestowed in appreciation for exemplary contribution to Canadian dentistry.
| Special Friend of Canadian Dentistry Award - Past Recipients (Since 1989) | |
| 2024/2025 | Dr. Karim Khan (Vancouver, BC) |
| Mr. Brian Fawkes (Winnipeg, MB) – posthumously | |
| 2023/2024 | Mr. Steve Jennex (Halifax, NS) |
| 2021/2022 | Dr. Leslie Winston (Mason, Ohio) |
| 2020/2021 | Dr. Kathleen O’Loughlin (Chicago, Illinois) |
| 2019/2020 | Dr. Marko Vujicic (Illinois) |
| 2018/2019 | Dr. Mark Donaldson (Montana) |
| 2017/2018 | Ms. Susan Armstrong (Toronto, Onario) |
| 2012/2013 | Mr. Lyle Best (Edmonton, Alberta) |
| 2010/2011 | Mr. Tom Clift (St. John's, Newfoundland) |
| 2009/2010 | Mr. Ken Dickson (North Vancouver, BC) |
| AboutFace International - Toronto, Ontario | |
| 2008/2009 | Dairy Farmers of Canada - Ottawa, Ontario |
| Johnson & Johnson - Markham, Ontario | |
| 2007/2008 | Mr. George Rhodes - York (USA), Pennsylvania |
| 2006/2007 | Ms. Michele Christl - Oral-B Professional Products Group, Oral-B Canada |
| 2005/2006 | Mrs. Guylaine McCallum - Ottawa, ON |
| 2004/2005 | Colgate Palmolive - Toronto, Ontario |
| 2003/2004 | Prof. Abbyann Day Lynch - Toronto, ON |
| 2002/2003 | Ms. Eva Young - Mississauga, ON |
| 2000-2001/2002 | No recipient |
| 1999/2000 | Dr. Carlo Di Fonzo |
| 1998/1999 | No recipient |
| 1997/1998 | Dr. John Zapp - Chicago, Illinois (USA) |
| 1996/1997 | Mr. Hyo Maier |
| 1995/1996 | No recipient |
| 1994/1995 | Mr. Michel Hart - Maple, Ontario |
| 1991-1993/1994 | No recipient |
| 1990/1991 | Mr. Burton Borgelt |
| 1989/1990 | Dr. Tom Ginley |
