Dental

The Department of Dentistry, previously named Dental and Oral surgery of the Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido – Ekiti which started in 2003 with just 3 members of staff had grown over the years with respect to personnel and facilities. The dental clinic which used to occupy a four-room building before now occupies two wings of a recently constructed clinical building which also houses the ENT and Ophthalmology departments of the hospital. The dental floor has: the clinic wing and the administrative wing.

The Dental Clinic wing has the following Dental Sub-specialty units:

1.      Oral Diagnosis/radiology

2.      Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

3.      Restorative Dentistry

4.      Preventive/Child Dentistry

The Community Dentistry of the department is situated in the Community outpost of the hospital in Ise-Ekiti.

The Dental clinic serves as treatment centre for the whole of Ekiti State and as referral   centre for the neighbouring towns in states of Kwara, Kogi, Ondo and Osun.

FACILITIES IN THE DENTAL CLINIC

The Dental clinic presently has five chairs which are distributed into the following units- Oral Diagnosis, Oral and Maxillofacial surgery unit, Restorative unit and Dental Therapy unit. The Dental Radiology unit comprises of two Dental X-ray machines use for taking Periapical, Bitewing and Occlusal Radiographs. Another facility, among other things in the clinic wing is the Dental Laboratory which was recently upgraded with state-of - the- heart modern equipment. The Dental laboratory has the capacity to do all sorts of dental prostheses and Orthodontic appliances ranging from Removable partial dentures, Complete Dentures, Removable Orthodontic appliances, Functional Orthodontic appliances, Bite planes, Full metal crowns,  Porcelain fused to metal crowns and bridges. The Dental Therapy unit is where Scaling and Polishing, Fluoride therapy application and Oral hygiene instructions are given to patients. There is a Medical/Dental Record office located in the Dental clinic where fresh patients register and old patients retrieve their case note for documentation before being attended to by the doctors. The Department has its own library for the use of staff. There is also a seminar room in the Department where Seminars and presentations take place. Doctors’ call room is available for doctors when on call

Facilities available in the administrative wing of the Department are Head of Department office, Secretary Office, Consultant offices, Admin office, Departmental Store, Dental Technologists office, Dental Therapists office and Dental Technicians office. 

The department presently offers the following services:

1.     In-patient care

2.     Out-patient care

3.     Emergency services

4.     Outreach programmes

5.     Training of student Technicians from schools of health Technology and Dental Therapist interns.

6.      Research

7.     Celebrating World Oral Health day since 2013 during which awareness on Oral health were created and free health care services were offered.

The following is a list of clinical staff in their categories:

A.    CONSULTANTS/SPECIALISTS

ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY UNIT

1.      Dr. Akinbade A.O

2.      Dr. Obimakinde O.S

       RESTORATIVE DENTISTRY

1.      Dr. Adeleke A. A

PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY

1.      Dr. OJO K. O

B.    DENTAL OFFICERS

1.      Aboyeji Segun Zaccheus  

2.      Dr. Faloye Adewunmi Omololu

3.      Dr. Iwuoha Clara Egememo

4.      Dr. Egharevba Ebere Chinenye

5.      Dr. Omorogbe Kelvin

6.      Dr. Ojumu Oluwaseun

7.      Dr. Abodunde Oluwaseun Daniel

8.      Dr. Ikudayisi Johnson

9.      Dr. Ogedengbe Oluwafemi Malcolm

10.  Dr. Oluwatuyi Evudafo

C.    DENTAL SURGERY TECHNICIANS

DESIGNATION                                                                                                             NUMBER OF OFFICERS

1.      Chief Dental Surgery Technicians                                                                                  2

2.      Assistant Chief Dental Surgery Technicians                                                               5

3.      Principal Dental Surgery Technicians                                                                          6

4.      Senior Dental Surgery Technician                                                                                11

5.      Higher Dental Surgery Technician                                                                               12

6.      Dental Surgery Technicians                                                                                           4

D.    DENTAL TECHNOLOGISTS

1.      Adebayo Joseph Alaba (Chief Dental Technologist)

2.      Lawal Oladipupo Lukuman (Principal Dental Technologist II)

3.      Olufade Lora Adetutu (Dental Technologist)

4.      Omotoso Mercy (Dental Technologist)

E.    DENTAL  THERAPISTS

1.      Onuche Ojogba Abraham (Principal Dental Therapist I)

2.      Ngene Cecilia Nneka (Principal Dental Therapist II)

3.      Ewa Rita Otu (Senior Dental Therapist)

4.      Ogunsade Ibiwumi Busayo (Dental Therapist)

5.      Adewumi Adeola Christy (Dental Therapist)

F   Admin Staff/Clerical Officer

(i)             Confidential Secretary                                   - 1

(ii)           Administrative officer                                    - 1

(iii)         Clerical Officer                                              - 2

            (IV)     Health attendants                                            - 5