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Head prof. Gediminas Žekonis MD, PhD
Address: Eivenių street 2, LT-50106, Kaunas
Phone: +37037337552
E-mail: dantu.ortopedijos.klinika@kaunoklinikos.lt
The mission of the Department of Dental and Maxillofacial Orthopedics is to provide prosthodontic patient care as the division of the Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kauno klinikos and to focus on masticatory function rehabilitation. Patients coming from all over Lithuania get specialized secondary and tertiary medical care here. Approximately 3000-3500 patients visit the Department annually. Currently, 15 qualified teachers and doctors work in the department, including 2 professors, 3 associate professors, 3 lecturers and 7 assistants.
The staff of the Department participates in the preparation of principal laws and regulations concerning health care and in carrying out the prophylaxis programs of the most common odontological diseases among the inhabitants of Lithuania.
The facilities include a modern prosthodontic department and dental prosthetics laboratory for teaching and prostheses construction, a reception and waiting area, 2 large rooms for students’ clinical training equipped with dental chairs, 1 class of pre-clinical studies, a modern dentofacial X-ray examination room, a seminar room and an auditorium.