Year-in-Review-2021-22 - Flipbook - Page 47
Sydney Dental Hospital
Sydney Dental Hospital has been serving
the community since 1904.
It is a tertiary training facility for the University
of Sydney, Newcastle University and TAFE
whilst providing tertiary and quaternary oral health
care for people eligible for public oral health
services in NSW.
Throughout its history, Sydney Dental Hospital
has been a key driver in shaping oral health and
dental care in Australia with a strong focus on oral
health promotion.
The famous flatiron shaped building in
Chalmers Street stands proudly over Central
Railway Station.
In addition to Sydney Dental Hospital, Oral Health
Services operate community-based oral health
clinics, providing a broad range of specialist and
general dental care for eligible patients across
Sydney Local Health District and the northern part
of South-Eastern Sydney Local Health District.
The Dalarinji Oral Health Clinic is based at Sydney
Dental Hospital and provides emergency and
general dental services to Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander people.
There are five community oral health clinics
located at Canterbury, Concord, Croydon,
Marrickville and Sydney Dental Hospital.
Highlights:
• Continued to support the COVID-19 pandemic
response, including the provision of urgent and
emergency oral health care, the redeployment
of more than 75 per cent of staff to various
response roles including contract tracing,
Flying Squads, testing clinics, vaccination
centres, Special Health Accommodation and
RPA Virtual Hospital.
• Re-established all services across Sydney
Dental Hospital and Oral Health Services
after a reduced service period during the
COVID-19 response.
Year in Review 2021–22
• Implemented a collaborative integrated care
pathway with Drug Health Services to facilitate
easier access to Sydney Dental Hospital and
Oral Health Services for patients.
• Enhanced provision of virtual care to patients
for consults, interventions, advice and triaging
services - tele-dentistry was utilised across
several different departments, including
Community Oral Health Clinics, Special
Care Dentistry, Paediatric Dentistry and
Orthodontics.
• Commenced research to enable the use of
artificial intelligence technology to remotely
examine and monitor orthodontic patients.
• Continued preparations for the implementation
of the Oral Health Digital Solution Titanium
Unity to improve digital integration with care
pathways and links to inpatient facilities.
• Began the refurbishment of the ground floor
foyer to provide a more open and accessible
customer service approach for patients.
• Commenced planning for a Critical Integrated
Care Department at Sydney Dental Hospital.
• Continued developing an integrated service
model of care to provide holistic care to
patients via social work services and the
Health Justice Partnership.
• Upgraded equipment across Sydney Dental
Hospital and Oral Health Services, including
dental chairs, Dental Cone Beam CT scanners
and digital systems.
• Prepared dedicated space for a digital dental
laboratory in collaboration with the University
of Sydney, School of Dentistry.
• Expanded partnerships in integrated care
research in collaboration with the Australian
Centre for Integration of Oral Health.
• Commenced Domestic Violence Routine
Screening in Oral Health Services.
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