Dundee Dental Hospital is a health facility in Park Place in

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. It is managed by the

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History

The facility has its origins in a dental club formed by the University College of Dundee in 1909. The dental hospital itself was established by Sir George Baxter when he rented to flats in two villas in Park Place in 1914. The hospital joined the

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in 1948. The villas were replaced with a large stone building, designed by Findlay, Stewart & Robbie, on the same site in 1952. An extension in the form of a modern tower block, designed by Robbie & Wellwood, was opened the

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in 1968.

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NHS Tayside
Hospital buildings completed in 1914 Hospitals in Dundee NHS Scotland hospitals Teaching hospitals in Scotland Hospitals established in 1914 1914 establishments in Scotland {{UK-hospital-stub