Our Impact

We deliver specialist care to our patients and help the population improve oral health.

• Read about the conditions we treat.
  
• Discover the team of professionals who deliver quality healthcare to every patient at NDCS.
  
• Read about the regional health system initiatives we have created for our community. Some of our programmes include
• The Infant Oral Health Programme, targeted at infants/babies and their families to help them develop good oral health and oral health behaviours.
  
• The Care Partnership Programme where we partner with like-minded primary care dental practitioners to provide shared care or fully transitioned care of patients with stable periodontal (gum) conditions, paediatric patients, and those who require simple crowns, dentures and geriatric special care.
  
• The Oral Health Education Programme to improve the oral health of those in long-term care. 
  
• The Oral Health Movement 8020 on Oral Frailty, a preventive intervention programme targeting oral frailty of older adults, aged 40 years and above. 
  

We educate and empower future generations of oral healthcare professionals and promote lifelong learning for our people.

• Our education programmes include
  
• The Dental Professional Training, which trains dental specialists, radiographers, oral hygiene therapists, dental technicians and dental surgery assistants in collaboration with NUS Faculty of Dentistry, Nanyang Polytechnic and Institute of Technical Education.
• The Dental Officers Advanced Practice Programme, which provides dental officers with training opportunities to improve their diagnostic and clinical skills in various specialties.

We pioneer high impact clinical and translational research to transform care and improve clinical outcomes.

• The National Dental Research Institute Singapore (NDRIS) was established in 2019 to develop novel effective therapies for common chronic diseases, leverage technology to increase efficiency and introduce new care models to improve health in the community. Its three main programmes include
  
• Singapore Oro-facial Initiative (SOFI)
  
• Singapore Oral Microbiomics Initiative (SOMI)
• Singapore Oral Population Initiative (SOPI)
  
• Discover the team of leading researchers who drive new research to transform our healthcare system.
  
• Read more about the impact of our research, which include
  
• 3D printed dental plug to preserve jaw bone after tooth extraction
  
• ​3D printing for surgery planning
  
• Modular endoprosthesis for mandible reconstruction
  
• Oral Health Programme for infants and toddlers to reduce childhood caries
  
• Periodontal health and its impact on diabetes
  
• Teledentistry to improve access to dental care
  
• Antimicrobial agents for oral diseases
  
• Oral microbiome and salivary biomarkers associated with gum disease in pregnancy and gestational diabetes mellitus