Dental Services (Oral Diagnosis Unit)

A. Oral Diagnosis Unit

  • Consultation and outpatient clinical services
  • Dental X-ray services

B. Preventive Unit

  • Consultations and oral health education
  • Scaling and polishing
  • Gingivectomy
  • Periodontal surgery (root planning and deep curettage)
  • Guided tissue regeneration
  • Open flap surgery
  • Community oral health outreach activities

C. Child Oral Health

  • Paediatric consultations
  • Pulpotomy and pulpectomy
  • Restorative treatments for children (e.g., composite fillings, glass ionomer cement fillings)
  • Extractions and apical curettage/apicectomy for young permanent teeth
  • Root canal filling for primary and young permanent teeth
  • Temporary tooth prosthesis and fissure sealing

D. Restorative Unit

  • General consultation and restorative treatment
  • Temporary fillings, amalgam, composite and GIC fillings
  • Fissure sealing
  • Root canal therapy and surgical endodontics
  • Crowns (acrylic and porcelain) and prosthesis fabrication
  • Obturators and other maxillofacial prostheses

E. Oral & Maxillofacial Unit

  • Outpatient consultation and ward rounds
  • Forceps extractions and soft tissue procedures
  • Excisional and incisional biopsies
  • Operculectomy and cystic enucleation
  • Treatment of TMJ disorders and splinting where required
  • Dressings and repair of tissue lacerations
  • Incision & drainage (I&D) for infections
  • Major maxillofacial operations performed in the main theatre under general anaesthesia

Weekly Clinical Schedule (Select Clinics)

Preventive Dentistry

  • Clinic Days: Monday – Friday
  • Consultant Family Dentistry Clinic: Monday & Wednesday

Restorative Dentistry

  • Clinic Days: Monday – Friday
  • Restorative Consultant Clinic: Wednesday & Friday

Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

  • Clinic Days: Monday – Friday
  • Consultant Clinic: Monday
  • Theatre (OMFS cases): Wednesday
  • Consultant Ward Round: Monday & Thursday
  • Resident Ward Round: Tuesday & Friday

Child Oral Health

  • Clinic Days: Monday – Friday
  • Consultant Clinic: As scheduled (please confirm with department for specific days)

Contact / Notes

  • For appointment bookings, referrals, or urgent dental needs, please contact the Dental Department reception (insert hospital phone or extension here).
  • All services are subject to availability and scheduling; patients are advised to call ahead for consultant clinic days and theatre dates.

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