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User Experiences
Planmeca's university solutions
come into their own at Dentopolis
COPY HANNA KORLIN AND ALEKSANDRA NYHOLM AN ULTRA-MODERN HUB FOR DENTAL
IMAGES MARKKU NAPPARI AND KULMAKUVAAMO/SEIJA LESKELÄ CARE AND EDUCATION
Inaugurated in autumn 2017, Dentopolis is
In Oulu, Finland, dental students train for their future a Finnish dental care, research and education facility
profession using, among other things, Planmeca's jointly administered by the City of Oulu, University of
state-of-the-art dental units and new CAD/CAM Oulu and Oulu University of Applied Sciences.
teaching solutions. This helps the students adopt
the very latest technologies and ergonomic working Now, the education and research facilities of the
methods right from the beginning of their studies. University of Oulu’s Unit of Oral Health Sciences, the
Central Dental Care Clinic of the City of Oulu and the
dental hygienist training of the Oulu University of
Applied Sciences can all be found under one roof.
Dentopolis serves some 50,000 Oulu residents
each year. Basic dental care and emergency services
are located on the first floor, orthodontists and other
dental specialists have their offices on the second
floor, and a teaching dental clinic is housed on the
top floor. The teaching clinic is where the students
perform their patient training. The building also
has lecture halls, study rooms and state-of-the-art
phantom and simulation laboratory teaching
facilities, where students can practice procedures
in a realistic environment.
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