New Centre To Boost Dental Care Access In Perth

Mon, 21 Sep 2009

A new state-of-the art dental treatment and training centre is set to open in the city of Perth, Scotland, next summer.

The £7.6 million centre is being built at the Broxden Business Park, and once completed will feature 20 surgeries, a clinical skills training room, laboratory and decontamination unit.

Scotland's public health minister Shona Robison said the "first-class facility" will provide around 7,000 patients in the Perth area with access to an NHS dentist .

Ms Robison said: "There are 20 dental chairs which means hopefully up to about 10,000 people will be able to be treated in this centre."

"That is going to make a really big inroad to those who want to register with an NHS dentist who have not had the opportunity to do so."

She added: "It's a hugely important facility and will provide services beyond just the teach-and-treat facilities, it will have some services which otherwise people may have to travel to the dental hospital to receive."
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