History

Brief History of the Dental Hospital

Aug.	1953	Dental Hospital was established. Clinics for Operative Dentistry, Endodontics, Oral Surgery, Prosthodontics, Orthodontics and Oral Hygiene with 27 beds were established. Professor Yasushi Watanabe was elected as Director-in-Chief of the Dental Hospital.
Jul.	1955	The Second Department of Oral Surgery was founded （a total of 8 clinics）.
Apr.	1962	Pharmacy Division was founded.
Apr.	1966	Number of beds increased to 40.
May	1972	Clinic for Oral Radiology was founded（a total of 9 clinics）.
Apr.	1973	Division for Maxillofacial Disorders was founded.
Oct.	1975	Clinic for Pediatric Dentistry was added（a total of 10 clinics）.
May	1976	Division of Nursing was established in the Dental Hospital.
Oct.	1978	Clinical Laboratory was founded.
Apr.	1982	Clinic for Dental Anesthesia was added （a total of 11 clinics）.
Aug.	1983	The Faculty and the Hospital moved to the new buildings at Suita campus.
Apr.	1988	Division of Special Care Dentistry was founded in the Hospital.
Mar.	1989	The facility for the High Dose Radiation Therapy was completed.
Oct.	1996	Completion of MR-CT building.
Apr.	1997	Division for Interdisciplinary Dentistry was newly-nominated.
Jun.	1999	The vice-director of the Dental Hospital was founded.
Apr.	2001	Eleven clinical Departments were regrouped into three Clinical Departments including Dental Diseases, Division for Tooth andSupporting Tissues Disease and Division of Prosthodontics and Orthodontics and Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Disease.