Glasgow Dental Hospital and School

The Glasgow Dental Hospital and School is a dental teaching hospital, situated in the Garnethill area of the city centre of Glasgow, Scotland.

Glasgow Dental Hospital and School
Glasgow Dental Hospital and School, Sauchiehall Street
Shown in Glasgow
Geography
Location	Glasgow, Scotland
Coordinates	55.8663°N 4.2661°W
Organisation
Affiliated university	University of Glasgow
History
Opened	1879
Links
Lists	Hospitals in Scotland

History

The Glasgow Dental School was formed as part of Anderson's College in 1879.[1] It moved to Dalhousie Street in 1903.[1]

The current hospital is a category B listed Art Deco building with its entrance on Renfrew Street, which was designed by Wylie, Wright and Wylie and completed in 1931;[2] in 1928 a football tournament was held between the local teams explicitly to raise funds for its construction, won by Partick Thistle and providing £819 (equivalent to around £50,000 90 years later).[3][4] The Dental School began issuing the Bachelor of Dental Surgery Degree of the University of Glasgow in 1948.[5]

A large extension fronting Sauchiehall Street was completed in the brutalist style by Melville Dundas & Whitson in 1970.[6] The Glasgow Dental Education Centre, which is located adjacent to the Dental School, provides post-graduate and distance dental education.[7]

References

1. "Glasgow Dental Hospital and School". National Archives. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
2. Historic Environment Scotland. "203-217 (Odd Nos) Renfrew Street, Incorporated Dental Hospital  (Category B Listed Building) (LB33106)". Retrieved 20 March 2019.
3. Partick Thistle, 2; Rangers, 0, The Glasgow Herald, 12 December 1928
4. Glasgow Dental Cup, Scottish Football Historical Archive, 16 July 2020
5. Gelbier, S. (2005). "125 years of developments in dentistry, 1880–2005 Part 5: Dental education, training and qualifications". British Dental Journal. 199 (10): 685–689. doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4813002. PMID 16311582. S2CID 27753897.
6. "Melville Dundas & Whitson". Scottish Brutalism. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
7. "Glasgow Dental Education Centre". NHS Education for Scotland. Retrieved 22 January 2019.