Dentistry-Orthodontics

The H.U.B. Interhospital Department of Dentistry and Obstetrics includes several sub-disciplines and specialised consultations that form a synergistic complex:   

• General operative dentistry is concerned with primary and restorative interventions, covering the conservation and prosthetic aspects of treating cavities, scaling and annual buccodental health check-ups. 

• Orthodontics proposes interceptive protocols, adapted for children and concentrated on the modulation of craniofacial bone growth, as well as conventional or “invisible” treatment for adolescents and adults.    
•  Paediatric dentistry, which bridges the Erasmus Hospital and the HUDERF, proposes dental care for children, including those with specific needs (dental phobias, children with a handicap, etc.). The treatment can be given under conscious sedation or general anaesthetic.   
• The occlusodontics and orofacial pain consultation is concerned with disorders of the temporomaxillary articulation and pain of non-dental origin which may or may not be associated with headaches and/or sleeping disorders.
• Endodontics consists of canal treatment (devitalisation) and management of pathologies of the dental pulp.
• The consultation for cancer patients, in cooperation with doctors from the Jules Bordet Institute, proposes buccodental follow-up before, during and after certain cancer treatment. 
• Prosthetic rehabilitation is engaged in the design, making and fitting of removable  dentures (dentures) or a prostheses  fixed  to a tooth or implant.  
• The  buccodental hygienists consultation aims to preserve and optimise buccodental health. The emphasis is on therapeutic education and preventive care. 
• Parodontology treats diseases of the gums,  ligament and bone that support the teeth. It proposes surgical methods designed for an aesthetic result, tissue or bone regeneration and crown lengthening. 
• Aesthetic dentistry  aims  to restore and embellish the smile through various interventions, such as dental whitening, the placing of dental facets or the building of bridges and crowns.
•  The emergency consultation, without an appointment, is for the purposes of relieving acute pain (“toothache”) or chronic pain or treating a dental trauma caused by an accident, for example. 
• Implantology : By using advanced surgical techniques and biomimetic materials, this permits the substitution of missing dental roots to provide a solid base for fixed or removable prostheses. 

The H.U.B. Interhospital Department of Dentistry and Orthodontics initiates and conducts multidisciplinary research projects aimed at further integrating buccodental health in the general panorama of healthcare. 

The H.U.B. Interhospital Department of Dentistry and Orthodontics provides and proposes: 

• clinical training of dental science students ;
• training as part of complementary master’s programmes in general dentistry and orthodontics and  university diplomas in paediatric dentistry, endodontics and implantology; 
• continuous training in various fields of specialisation.