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Hospital

Dundee Dental Hospital

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Important information

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Details

Previous Names
Dental Club 1909-1910 Dental Dispensary 1910-1913
Address
2 Park Place, Dundee, DD1 4HR
Current Trust
Tayside University Hospitals NHS Trust (since 1999)
Foundation Year
1914
Status
Open

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
Eastern
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Dundee Dental Hospital
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
Scotland
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
Tayside
District Authority (1974-1982)
Dundee
District Authority (Post-1982)
Dundee
Pre-1974 County
Forfarshire
Post-1974 County
Tayside
Post-1996 County
Tayside

Status

Pre-1948
Voluntary
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
Other
Pre-1948 information
Dental
Post-1948
Other
Post-1948 information
Dental

Other information

In 1909 the Dundee dental profession had organised itself into a 'Dental Club' to promote dental practice in Dundee. In 1910 Dr Graham Campbell, later first dean of Dundee Dental Hospital, suggested there was a need for a 'dental dispensary' in the town. In 1913 appeal were made for funding and premises to establish an institution. Dundee Dental Hospital was opened on the 23 February 1914 by Sir George Baxter in premises in Park Place Dundee and aimed to provide surgical aid to 'persons in poor circumstances suffering from diseases or irregularities of the teeth', also emphasising the need for preservation of teeth as opposed to simple extraction. One of the hospital's first activities was the treatment of soldiers of the regular and territorial armies in the first months of the First World War. In 1916 the activities of the hospital were extended to include a Dental School, offering a a dental diploma awarded by the University of St Andrews.

Record locations

  • Dundee University Archive, Records Management and Museum Services

    Record types

    Administrative
    1913 - 1973
    General
    1913 - 1973
    Other
    1931 - 1964

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    Ref DDH