The new home of the Coronation Dental Specialty Group in Cambridge, Ontario is located in the Canamera Medical Centre, a large, one-level medical facility in the middle of the city. CDSG is a large group of dental specialists providing oral and maxillofacial surgery, periodontics, endodontics and anaesthesia services.
“This is an example of a very well planned outpatient surgical specialty. It was designed not only for patient comfort and safety but also for efficiency and patient flow,” says Dr. Leslie Diamond, one of the group’s six oral and maxillofacial surgeons.
Seeing that the necessary square footage was to include a basement, the office design included a very large open-concept glass and stone staircase. Except for a small hidden area behind the large reception desk, the entire 10,500 square feet of the main level is devoted towards patient care and treatment. The spacious 10,300 square foot lower level contains all administrative functions, doctors’ and managers’ offices, mechanical equipment, computers, supply storage, a lab and staff lounge and kitchen. There is also a large lecture/meeting room and gym.
This office is one of four that CDSG operates so the advanced technical and computer systems were specifically designed with efficiency in mind. “All the offices are high-speed linked to our designated cooled room that houses the guts of the system,” says Dr. Ian Furst, one of the other oral and maxillofacial surgeons. “The administrative software system along with the digital files storage system was designed specifically for our practice.”
The Paula White-Diamond Art Gallery and Design Studio in Waterloo, ON, along with JES Designs in Toronto created an office that allows for multiple providers to work in a non-crowded environment and contains all hospital grade operating room finishes and CSA approved equipment. With nine operating rooms and a nine-bed recovery suite, in addition to six dental suites, excellent patient flow is easily obtained.
Oral & Maxillofacial — Drs. Leslie Diamond; Ian Furst; SurgeryJosif Pankarican; Cesare Ciavarro; John McIntosh and Stephen Cho; Periodontics — Dr. Angela Waciuk; Endodontics — Dr. Sarah Abitbol
