More chairs for Bendigo dental school

An extra 10 dental chairs will be installed at La Trobe University’s dental school in Bendigo following last night’s Federal Budget. The cost of the chairs is included in the $59.6 million provided to expand the university’s Rural Health School.

This is on top of the State Government’s payment for the first 10 chairs at the school. The Budget also allocated $64.1 million towards the university establishing an Institute of Molecular Sciences in Melbourne.

La Trobe’s Vice Chancellor Professor Paul Johnson said the Rural Health School will play a critical part in improving health services practice and service delivery in northern Victoria.

The Budget also allocated $104 million for an Oral Health Centre in Brisbane. The centre will combine research, education and oral cancer disagnosis and other services while treating about 17,000 patients each year.