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The National Dental Centre is run by
SingHealth and provides full specialist dental services to over 700 patients daily.
The National Dental Centre (NDC; Chinese: 全国牙科中心) is a modern facility in Singapore dedicated to delivering specialist oral healthcare services. Commencing operations on 1 March 1997, it offers the largest concentration of specialist expertise in a single facility. The Centre’s specialist teams sees over 700 walk-in and referred patients each day at its 92-chair facility, which also includes a day surgery suite.
The Centre has three specialist clinical departments to attend to a wide range of different oral conditions, namely the Departments of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Orthodontics and Restorative Dentistry. Endodontics, Paediatric Dentistry, Periodontics and Prosthodontics are sub-units which may be found within the Department of Restorative Dentistry. Sub-speciality multidisciplinary services are available through NDC’s Centres for Corrective Jaw Surgery, Maxillofacial Rehabilitation and Facial Pain.
The Centre is active in research as well as training activities, in particular the continuing professional education of dentists. Since 2002, NDC has been under the management of Singapore Health Services Pte Ltd. NDC is located within Singapore's premier healthcare hub at Outram Park, together with Singapore General Hospital and three other of Singapore's national specialist centres (Heart, Eye and Cancer).
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Operations
- Annual attendances total : 165,755
- Annual dental procedures total : 172, 960
- Annual day surgeries total : 6,726
(figures as at 31 March 2005)
[edit] Staffing
- Total staff strength 316 including 153 doctors
[edit] Facilities
[edit] Training
- Offers over 150 hours of continuing professional education annually
- Residency programmes in 5 specialties
- Auxiliary training courses for dental assistants and technicians
[edit] Awards
- Singapore Quality Class (Sep 2004)
- People Developer (June 2004, 2002) for staff training and development
- ISO 9001 (March 2004) certified for Radiography, Dental Laboratory and Central Sterile Supplies Services
- ISO 14000 (June 2004) certified for Environmental Management processes
- Family Friendly Firm (May 2004) certified for pro-family practices and policies
- H.E.A.L.T.H. Award (2003, 2002, 2001, 2000) for health promotion among staff
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