Eastman Postgraduate Institute. In 1926 the American innovator, entrepreneur. Eastman had previously funded a dental dispensary devoted to the oral health of children in his home town of Rochester, New York. The Eastman Dental Centre in London, opened on 20 November 1931 with Neville Chamberlain and the American Ambassador in attendance, was part of the Royal Free Hospital. The clinic was committed to providing dental care for disadvantaged children in central London, together with programmes of instruction in dentistry for children. In 1948, the ‘Eastman’, then housed in buildings which had formed part of the barracks of the London and Westminster Light Horse Volunteers, became independent of the Royal Free Hospital and its teaching arm became the Postgraduate Dental Institute of the Postgraduate Medical Federation. In 1996, the ‘Eastman’ joined University College London, with the Eastman Dental Hospital becoming part of UCL Hospital Trust. The ‘Eastman tie’ dates back to 1996.