| Dublin Dental University Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Health Service Executive | |
.jpg) Dublin Dental University Hospital | |
  Shown in Dublin | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Lincoln Place,Dublin,Ireland |
| Coordinates | 53°20′32″N6°15′08″W / 53.3422°N 6.2521°W /53.3422; -6.2521 |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | HSE |
| Type | Specialist |
| Services | |
| Speciality | Dental |
| History | |
| Opened | 1879 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
Dublin Dental University Hospital (Irish:Ospidéal Déadach Ollscoile Átha Cliath) is a dental health and teaching facility atLincoln Place, Dublin,Ireland. The Dublin Dental University Hospital is located on theTrinity College Dublin campus.[1] It is the predominant teaching hospital fordentistry in Ireland, where undergraduate and graduate dental students, dental nursing students, dental technicians, and dental hygienists are all educated.[2] Trinity College Dublin's Dental School resides at Dublin Dental University Hospital.[3]
The facility was established in a building off St Stephen's Green in 1879.[4] It moved to a purpose-built building in Lincoln Place in 1895.[4] The functions of the hospital were confirmed by The Dublin Dental Hospital (Establishment) Order 1963.[5][a]
Since the 1990s, the Trinity College School of Dental Science, established by amalgamating the dental schools ofTrinity College Dublin,University College Dublin and theRoyal College of Surgeons in Ireland, has been based in the hospital.[6] The hospital was extended in 1998 and again in 2010, in the latter case with a four-storey atrium exhibiting a sculpture byFergus Martin.[7]
Little, if any, original research was conducted at the Hospital before 1980. The facility employs a dental team of about 250 people in total.[2]
The Dublin Dental University Hospital provides secondary and tertiary services in the areas of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, Oral Mycology, Orthodontics, Paediatric Dentistry, Special Care Dentistry, Endodontics, Restorative Dentistry, Implantology, Endodontics, Periodontology, Prosthodontics, Sleep Apnoea, Maxillofacial Prosthodontics Restorative Oncology, Special Needs Restorative Dentistry and dental care to Medically Compromised patients.[2]