Dental Medicine Centre

Department development:

In December 2011, China-Japan Friendship Hospital established its Dental Medicine Center with five departments: general dentistry, orthodontics, oral medicine, oral and maxillofacial surgery, and prosthodontics.

At the end of June 2012 it moved from Building B to Building M; the center then occupied floors 3, 4 and 7 of Building M, expanding from 30 to 80 dental chairs.

In 2013 it became the organizer of the Journal of General Dentistry. In 2015 it became the chairperson institution of the General Dentistry Committee of the Chinese Stomatological Association. At the end of 2015 it became the eight-year clinical teaching internship base of Peking University School of Stomatology.

Staff: The current director is Sun Qiang; deputy directors are Li Jing and Yuan Xuguang; head nurses are Zhang Ying and Shi Weiwei. There are 69 doctors, 95 nurses and 13 technicians. The center has 89 dental chairs and 8 beds.

Outpatient and ward: Oral and maxillofacial surgery has 8 open beds and treats oral/maxillofacial tumors, jaw and soft-tissue cysts, salivary-gland tumors (parotid, submandibular and sublingual glands), maxillofacial trauma, fractures of the upper/lower jaw, zygoma, zygomatic arch and orbit, oral/maxillofacial infection, orthognathic surgery and more. It undertakes one Beijing Capital Clinical Featured Application Research project: clinical research on preventing xerostomia after radiotherapy in head-and-neck cancer patients through submandibular-gland transfer.

Clinical strengths: (1) General dentistry: comprehensive treatment of oral and systemic disease and all dental specialties at an advanced domestic level, covering endodontics, periodontics, mucosa, pediatric dentistry, maxillofacial surgery, prosthodontics, dental aesthetics and emergency dentistry, with a first-visit responsibility system. (2) Orthodontics: lingual invisible orthodontics, adult orthodontics and early correction of severe dentofacial deformity are advanced nationally; the success rate of implant anchorage is also leading. (3) Implant dentistry: over 10 years’ experience; a team of surgeons, prosthodontists and periodontists provides systematic care, and all senior physicians and specialist doctors have overseas training. (4) Endodontics: advanced root-canal equipment and techniques, including dental operating microscopy, ultrasonic canal enlargement and warm gutta-percha vertical compaction, improve treatment and retention of calcified or retreatment teeth. (5) Prosthodontics: strong team, advanced equipment, Peking University clinical teaching duties, 2 physicians at associate-chief level or above and 4 doctors; close cooperation with leading universities and publications in core journals. (6) Periodontics: specialist dentists and hygienists provide standardized basic periodontal treatment, multidisciplinary care, periodontal cosmetic surgery and bone grafting; integrated prevention-treatment-maintenance-implant-prosthetic care is nationally leading.

Specialty clinics: oral and maxillofacial surgery, oral endodontics, implants, orthodontics, prosthodontics, periodontics and pediatric dentistry.

Teaching: Since November 2011, a Beijing standardized resident-training base; since September 2015, Peking University School of Stomatology eight-year clinical internship base and external practice base; at the end of 2015, a resident completion-examination institution alongside the Peking University and Beijing Stomatology units; clinical lecture and clerkship teaching unit for Peking University’s Clinical Medicine Department; training for visiting physicians and partner/support hospitals.

Honors: 2014–2016 National Health and Family Planning Commission directly affiliated-organizations May Fourth Red Flag Youth League Committee (Branch). Location: outpatient clinics on floors 3, 4 and 7, Building M; inpatient ward on floor 6. Phones: Dental Center outpatient desk (8610)84205365; oral medicine experts (8610)84205271; oral surgery experts (8610)84205371; orthodontics experts (8610)84205263; prosthodontics experts (8610)84205286; dental laboratory (8610)84205366.