{"id":13,"date":"2018-11-02T08:58:38","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T08:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ppdh.org.hk\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2026-03-31T12:17:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T04:17:37","slug":"about-ppdh","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ppdh.org.hk\/en\/about-ppdh\/","title":{"rendered":"About PPDH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">The Hospital is established under The Prince Philip Dental Hospital Ordinance ( <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elegislation.gov.hk\/hk\/cap1081!en@2002-07-19T00:00:00\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapter 1081<\/a> ), and funded by the Government. The primary function of the Hospital is to provide the facilities for the training of dentists, dental ancillary personnel and dental care professionals. The responsibility for the teaching activities is vested in <a href=\"http:\/\/facdent.hku.hk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Faculty of Dentistry, the University of Hong Kong<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Vision<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To be a global centre of excellence for dental education, research and oral healthcare.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Mission<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(1)\u00a0 To support the Faculty of Dentistry of The University of Hong Kong by embracing Innovation and Technology in training competent and well-qualified dentists and other oral healthcare professionals.<\/p>\n<p>(2)\u00a0 To support high-quality research and provide first-rate facilities for continuing professional development in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<p>(3)\u00a0 To support the Government in advancing oral healthcare and well-being of the people in Hong Kong by raising the awareness of oral healthcare.<\/p>\n<p>(4)\u00a0 To create a healthy and people-oriented workplace that nurtures personal growth and teamwork among the staff; thus maximizing their potentials.<\/p>\n<p>(5)\u00a0 To work in close collaboration with the public and private sectors for the benefit of the community, and the national and international partners for research and academic exchange.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4499 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ppdh.org.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/0Q2A6849-scaled-e1765446428933.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2419\" height=\"1164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ppdh.org.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/0Q2A6849-scaled-e1765446428933.jpg 2419w, https:\/\/ppdh.org.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/0Q2A6849-scaled-e1765446428933-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ppdh.org.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/0Q2A6849-scaled-e1765446428933-1024x493.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ppdh.org.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/0Q2A6849-scaled-e1765446428933-768x370.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ppdh.org.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/0Q2A6849-scaled-e1765446428933-1536x739.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ppdh.org.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/0Q2A6849-scaled-e1765446428933-2048x985.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ppdh.org.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/0Q2A6849-scaled-e1765446428933-660x318.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2419px) 100vw, 2419px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4501 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ppdh.org.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/0Q2A6859-scaled-e1765446485227.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2342\" height=\"1427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ppdh.org.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/0Q2A6859-scaled-e1765446485227.jpg 2342w, https:\/\/ppdh.org.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/0Q2A6859-scaled-e1765446485227-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ppdh.org.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/0Q2A6859-scaled-e1765446485227-1024x624.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ppdh.org.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/0Q2A6859-scaled-e1765446485227-768x468.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ppdh.org.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/0Q2A6859-scaled-e1765446485227-1536x936.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ppdh.org.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/0Q2A6859-scaled-e1765446485227-2048x1248.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ppdh.org.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/0Q2A6859-scaled-e1765446485227-1035x630.jpg 1035w, https:\/\/ppdh.org.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/0Q2A6859-scaled-e1765446485227-660x402.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2342px) 100vw, 2342px\" \/>PPDH Board of Governors<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hospital is established under The Prince Philip Dental Hospital Ordinance ( Chapter 1081 ), and funded by the Government. The primary function of the Hospital is to provide the facilities for the training of dentists, dental ancillary personnel and dental care professionals. The responsibility for the teaching activities is vested in the Faculty of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-about.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ppdh.org.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ppdh.org.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ppdh.org.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ppdh.org.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ppdh.org.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":187,"href":"https:\/\/ppdh.org.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4684,"href":"https:\/\/ppdh.org.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions\/4684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ppdh.org.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}