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Coatbridge College Launches School of Dental Studies | 09.06.10

Minister for Public Health and Sport, Shona Robison MSP, visited Coatbridge College today to launch the College’s new School of Dental Studies.

The School of Dental Studies, located at Duart House, Strathclyde Business Park, houses a state of the art teaching and training facility, set to be the envy of education establishments and centres across the UK.

The Dental School includes a dedicated reception area, as well as office and administration rooms, teaching rooms with dental chairs and a state of the art clinical skills room. The clinical skills room, the centerpiece to the new School, features 14 phantom head stations, with the lecturers’ station fitted with a high-tech endoscope that links to a flat screen television. This provides learners with a greater demonstration of techniques and enhances their learning with real hands on experience.

The Minister for Public Health and Sport, Shona Robison MSP, said;
With a highly motivated and enthusiastic teaching team, the Dental School has been created to fulfil the needs of the Dental profession and support industry across the UK and offers a range of dental nursing programmes at every level, from Higher entry level to Intermediate level. The School has introduced qualifications in Dental Technology, a Diploma in Orthodontic Therapy and a wide range of bespoke qualifications, including Introduction to Dental Implants and the completion of the Scottish Dental Practice Board’s GP17, as well as their newest qualification, an HND in Dental Nursing, pioneered by Jennifer Lowe, Head of School for the new School of Dental Studies.

In addition, the School supports individuals employed within dentistry by providing continual professional development training and post qualifications, including Diploma in Orthodontic Therapy, Oral Health Education/Promotion, Dental Radiography, Dental Practice Management and Dental Administrators/Receptionist qualifications.

Jennifer said;
‘It has been an exciting journey to get to where we are today. The School has so much potential as we look to the future and realise the difference we can make as an education establishment. Our passion is education and we want to make sure we’re getting it right for our learners’.

John Doyle, Principal and Chief Executive at Coatbridge College, echoed Jennifer’s vision for the future of the Dental School, ‘We have a first class, modern facility which we will utilize by listening to the profession and the industry to see how we can work in partnership with them to improve dental healthcare across Scotland.

We want to build, not only a Scottish base, but a UK and an international centre of excellence for dental studies. With an excellent teaching team and state of the art facilities, I am confident we will become a centre of excellence for education in Scotland’.