Portsmouth Dental Academy to open in September

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Published: Tuesday, 13 April 2010 00:00
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Construction of the new £9m University of Portsmouth Dental Academy is on target and planning is well under way for it to begin training students from September 2010. It will provide leading edge dental education and training to dentists, therapists, hygienists and dental nurses. Despite bad weather delays earlier in the year, work on the building remains on schedule.


“From a construction perspective the building is exceptionally complex because of the vast quantity of technical equipment it’s required to accommodate. Remaining on time despite the snow and icy conditions in January, and being ready to welcome the students at the start of the new academic year, is very important,” said project director, Tony Horne.

The new facility is physically linked to the University’s existing School of Professionals Complementary to Dentistry (SPCD) by an overhead walkway and will provide first class training facilities. The building will bring to the University an additional 20 dental chairs, a radiography suite and a state of the art instrument decontamination centre. For the first time student dentists will be trained in teams alongside dental hygienists, dental therapists and dental nurses mirroring how dental professionals work in practice.

Since 2007 the University’s William Beatty Dental Service has provided members of the public with NHS dental services by staff dentists and students. From September 2010 the current chargeable service will close and a new service will open offering free dental care to suitable patients.

The care will be provided by final year dental undergraduate students from King’s College London Dental Institute and student therapists, hygienists and dental nurses from the University of Portsmouth. All students will treat patients under supervision of qualified dental tutors.

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