Dental Emergency/Comprehensive Department

The emergency department of the Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School (Nanjing Stomatological Hospital) was founded in June 1982. It has 13 permanent medical and nursing staff, including one chief physician and three attending physicians. Facilities include a resuscitation room, treatment room, dental X-ray room, emergency pharmacy, infusion room and extended-hours outpatient clinic, with monitoring, defibrillation and other emergency equipment. The department reports more than 10,000 emergency and outpatient visits a year and experience treating anaphylactic shock and severe oral and maxillofacial trauma. Care covers oral and maxillofacial injuries, acute inflammation of dental pulp and periodontal origin, acute anterior temporomandibular joint dislocation, post-extraction or spontaneous gingival bleeding and other oral emergencies. The department uses bonded fiber splints for reimplanting displaced teeth in young patients and reports a reduction success rate above 95%; it also treats fractured crowns and uses fine absorbable sutures for facial injuries in young children. Its extended-hours clinic operates from 11:30 to 19:00. The team trains junior clinicians in emergency care and basic oral emergency skills, teaches clinical emergency placements for dental students at Nanjing University, and publishes research in professional journals.