BronxCare’s Department of Dentistry, under the direction of Dr. Oliver Sullivan, continues to focus its efforts on addressing the interrelationship between systemic health and oral health. Dr. Sullivan is striving and succeeding in expanding services in response to the growing dental needs of the Bronx community. The continuing emphasis is on enhancing access to care. As a result, more than 95,000 visits are now provided annually at six convenient locations across the Bronx.
The Dental Department’s main clinical campus site, BronxCare at 1775 Grand Concourse (located one block north of the hospital’s Concourse Division), has a total of 45 dental treatment rooms. It includes adult, pediatric, orthodontic, and oral surgery services, with modern registration and waiting areas. The facility features 16 adult treatment rooms; an Oral and Maxillofacial suite that includes seven fully equipped surgery rooms, with an expanded recovery area and dedicated nurse station; 12 orthodontic treatment areas; and 10 pediatric suites equipped with state-of-the-art child-friendly designed chairs.
In addition to the main 1775 Grand Concourse site, the BronxCare Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Health Center network has five additional locations:
The South and Central Bronx community served by BronxCare is considered among the poorest in the nation. It is ethnically diverse and designated as a medically underserved area. Referrals to the Dental Program come from BronxCare’s attending physicians, as well as outpatient network and ER, which accounts for more than one million visits a year. Private practitioners and positive “word of mouth” are also important patient referral sources. It is most important from an educational as well as treatment perspective that BronxCare’s Dentistry residents have the opportunity to be directly involved in the treatment and follow-up patient care.