Community Dental Care Eastman Institute

Specialized dental care for children.

Eastman Institute is Sweden’s largest dental center for children and the adolescents with unique competence in:

• Specialized dental care for children and the adolescents
• specialist postgraduate training for dentists
• Advanced clinical training and education for different dental professionals.
• Clinical research.
• Development projects.

Eastman Institute is a specialist clinic within the community dental care in (Folktandvården) Stockholm county, with qualifications within different fields of dental care. The institute is a multicultural clinic with 150 on staff, speaking several languages. We treat over 8000 children and 1000 adult patients annually. Our goal is to contribute to an improved oral health by:

• Promoting prevention.
• Providing high quality care;
• Providing individual and personal dental care.
• serving as a resource in the treatment of children with special needs.

The specialists at Eastman Institute play a leading role in the advancement of their respective field, both nationally and internationally, through expert participation in governmental bodies and specialist associations.

Research at Eastman Institute results in publication of a number scientific papers annually.

A number of presentations are held at national and international conferences to report results of the clinical projects conducted at Eastman Institute.
Postgraduate education is well established at Eastman Institute. In 2004 six dentists fulfilled specialist training requirements in orthodontics (the treatment of dental irregularities) and in specialized dental care for children pedodontics. At present, eight dentists are enrolled in specialist training programs.
Eastman Institute consists of five departments with a central management. The public dental clinic at Eastman Institute belongs to the community dental care (Folktandvården) Karlaplan.