Expansion and relocation of Strong Memorial Hospital’s General Dentistry Clinic will improve services for patients while continuing to meet the specialized dental care needs of the URMC community.
The SMH Dentistry Clinic, currently located on the fourth floor of the Ambulatory Care Facility (AC4), will focus on more complex cases and expansion of oral surgery services. At the same time, Eastman Dental Center’s (EDC) General Dentistry’s Downtown Health Center location is expanding with updated technology in a spacious environment to accommodate and be more easily accessible to a majority of the SMH General Dentistry patients.
“We remain committed to serving the Medical Center community by providing for the needs of patients at Strong, and responding as we always have to requests for consults from the many departments with whom we interact,” said Cyril Meyerowitz, professor and chair of Dentistry and director of Eastman Dental Center. “While we transition the SMH General Dentistry Clinic to its expanded location, we want to be clear that these changes will not detract from our services to the Medical Center. For our internal customers, the many departments with whom we interact, it will be business as usual.”
Changes impact SMH General Dentistry Clinic patients only, as the clinic space on AC4 is restructured to accommodate more oral surgery and specialty services. Also under way is the updating and expansion of EDC’s Downtown Health Center location, in the Sibley Building at 228 East Main St.
“We are upgrading our downtown location with the latest technology and spacious facilities for the care and comfort of our general dentistry patients,” said Todd Thierer, D.D.S., M.P.H, director of SMH Ambulatory Dental and Oral and Maxillofacial Services. “This site is more easily accessible, being downtown and on major bus routes, and we expect will be more convenient for many of our patients.” The expansion should be completed by mid July.
SMH General Dentistry patients have three options for their care during this transition, as patient appointments are no longer available at the AC4 location.
- Those who wish to continue coming to the URMC campus for their general dental care may make appointments at the Eastman Dental Center’s General Dentistry Clinic by calling 275-5051.
- General dental care appointments are available at the EDC Orchard Street Community Health Center at School #17, 158 Orchard St., Rochester, by calling 436-8123.
- EDC Downtown Health Center, 228 East Main St., Rochester, has a limited number of general care appointments available while renovations are under way. For appointments, call 263-6599.
URMC departments in need of consultative or specialty services may continue to access those services by requesting consults through the CIS system.
Questions regarding these changes may be emailed to Meyerowitz at cyril_meyerowitz@urmc.rochester.edu or Thierer at todd_thierer@urmc.rochester.edu.
