Puwan Campus Stomatology Department

The Department of Stomatology at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University was founded in 1958 and combines clinical care, teaching, research and prevention. Its services include dental medicine and surgery, prosthodontics, orthodontics, implants, periodontology and pediatric dentistry. The department has 45 clinical staff, including four professors, five associate professors and 14 attending physicians. At the Puwan campus, visiting specialists are core staff from the main campus. The unit has eight dental chairs and equipment including cone-beam CT, iTero scanners, an automated system for producing autologous tooth-derived bone graft material, root canal measuring and preparation devices, cleaning and periodontal instruments, CAD/CAM equipment and dental X-ray equipment. Services include restoration of tooth and dentition defects, root canal treatment, painless cleaning and subgingival scaling, clear aligners and mini-implant anchorage for malocclusion, and routine and complex extractions. The hospital describes infection control, quality and patient-centered care as priorities; the department is led by Director Chang Xin.