SLHD Year in Review 2011/12 - Sydney Local Health District - NSW ...

Sydney Dental Hospital
General Manager: Lavena Ramdutt
Oral health services protect, promote, maintain and improve
the oral health of people within Sydney Local Health District.
The Sydney Dental Hospital provides emergency and routine
dental services to eligible patients.
Most of the clinics are polyclinics with teams of dentists,
dental/oral health therapists and other dental auxiliaries.
Clinical practice experience is also provided to students
undertaking dental education and training.
Sydney Dental Hospital is a tertiary referral and major
teaching facility, with relationships with the University of
Sydney, University of Newcastle and TAFE for the training
of dentists, dental specialists, oral health therapists, dental
hygienists and dental prosthetists.
The hospital provides specialist treatment for patients
referred statewide for paediatric dentistry, orthodontics,
periodontics, oral surgery and diagnostic imaging,
prosthodontics, endodontics, oral pathology, oral and
maxillo-facial surgery and implantology services.
Areas of specialisation include:
• The Special Care Dentistry Unit, providing care to those
with special needs including the elderly and those with
chronic mental health conditions.
• The Midwifery Initiated Oral Health project, a
collaboration between Oral Health Services and the
Centre for Applied Nursing Research, providing a
pathway for midwives to assess the oral health of
pregnant women and make referrals.
• The Preventative and Interceptive Orthodontic Research
project, led by the Department of Orthodontics,
training dentists to assess and identify patients who
may require preventive and interceptive orthodontic
treatment.
• A hub for the Aboriginal Oral Health Hub and Spoke
Program, part of the Commonwealth-funded Closing
the Gap initiative.
14 SYDNEY LOCAL HEALTH DISTRICT 2011/12 REVIEW