Facilities
What the department can reach.
The equipment is not the point. What it lets the department take on, and what it means you do not have to go elsewhere for, is.
CT and MRI
Operation Theatre
Sterilization
Orthopantomography
In Patient Care
Digital Radiography
Intraoral Camera
Intraoral Scanner
Advanced Dental Operatory
The treatment room itself: the chair, the light, the suction and the instruments the clinical work is done with.
Digital Radiography
X-rays captured digitally and read on screen within moments, at a lower radiation dose than film.
CT and MRI
Cross-sectional imaging of the jaws. This is what implant planning and impacted teeth near a nerve actually need, and it is the single clearest thing a hospital has that a clinic usually does not.
Surgical Facilities
Equipment and space for oral surgery beyond what a dental chair alone allows.
Operation Theatre Access
A full theatre in the same building, for cases that must be done under general anaesthetic.
Intraoral Camera and Scanner
A camera that shows you what the dentist is looking at, and a scanner that takes a digital impression instead of a tray of material.
Sterilization
Instrument decontamination and sterilisation, run to hospital protocol rather than to a clinic’s.
Emergency Support
A hospital emergency department in the same building, open when the dental department is not.
Anaesthesia Support
Anaesthetists on site, so sedation and general anaesthetic are available to patients who need them.
In Patient Care
Beds and nursing, for the patient who should not go home immediately after surgery.