The National Dental Centre of Singapore (NDC; Chinese: 国牙科中心) is a modern facility in Singapore dedicated to delivering specialist oral healthcare services. Commencing operations on 1 March 1997, it offers the largest concentration of specialist expertise in a single facility. The Centre’s specialist teams sees over 700 walk-in and referred patients each day at its 92-chair facility, which also includes a day surgery suite.

The Centre has three specialist clinical departments to attend to a wide range of different oral conditions, namely the Departments of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Oral and maxillofacial surgery

Oral and maxillofacial surgery is surgery to correct a wide spectrum of diseases, injuries and defects in the head, neck, face, jaws and the hard and soft tissues of the oral and maxillofacial region. It is an internationally recognized surgical specialty...

, Orthodontics

Orthodontics

Orthodontics, orthodontia, or orthodonture is the first specialty of dentistry that is concerned with the study and treatment of malocclusions , which may be a result of tooth irregularity, disproportionate jaw relationships, or both...

 and Restorative Dentistry

Restorative Dentistry

Restorative dentistry is the study, diagnosis and integrated management of diseases of the teeth and their supporting structures and the rehabilitation of the dentition to functional and aesthetic requirements of the individual...

. Endodontics

Endodontics

Endodontics is one of the dental specialties recognized by the American Dental Association, Royal College of Dentists of Canada, and Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons, and deals with the tooth pulp and the tissues surrounding the root of a tooth...

, Paediatric Dentistry, Periodontics and Prosthodontics

Prosthodontics

Prosthodontics, also known as dental prosthetics or prosthetic dentistry, is one of nine dental specialties recognized by the American Dental Association, Royal College of Dentists of Canada, and Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons...

 are sub-units which may be found within the Department of Restorative Dentistry. Sub-speciality multidisciplinary services are available through NDC’s Centres for Corrective Jaw Surgery, Maxillofacial Rehabilitation and Facial Pain.

The Centre is active in research as well as training activities, in particular the continuing professional education of dentists. Since 2002, NDC has been under the management of Singapore Health Services Pte Ltd. NDC is located within Singapore's premier healthcare hub at Outram Park, together with Singapore General Hospital

Singapore General Hospital

The Singapore General Hospital is the largest and oldest hospital in Singapore, of which the foundation of its first building was laid in 1821....

 and three other of Singapore's national specialist centres (Heart, Eye and Cancer).

Operations

• Annual attendances total : 168,837
• Annual dental procedures total : 160, 214
• Annual day surgeries total : 6,492

(figures as at 31 March 2008)

Facilities

• 92 dental operatories and 6 operating theatre
  Operating theatre
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   suites
• teaching and training auditorium
  Auditorium
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   and rooms
• centrally located with good public transport
  Public transport
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   accessibility
• Dental Simulation Training Lab

Training

• Offers over 150 hours of continuing professional education annually
• Residency programmes in 5 specialties (Oral & Maxillofacial surgery, Orthodontics, Endodontics, Restorative dentistry and Periodontics).
• Auxiliary training courses for dental assistants and technicians

Awards

• Singapore Quality Class (Sep 2004)
• People Developer (June 2004, 2002) for staff training and development
• ISO 9001 (March 2004) certified for Radiography, Dental Laboratory and Central Sterile Supplies Services
• ISO 14000 (June 2004) certified for Environmental Management processes
• H.E.A.L.T.H. Award (2003, 2002, 2001, 2000) for health promotion among staff