Preventive Dentistry

The Preventive Dentistry Department of the Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School (Nanjing Stomatological Hospital) provides clinical care, prevention of common oral diseases, public oral-health education and promotion, and guidance for primary-level dental prevention. It combines clinical services with public-benefit prevention guidance outside the hospital. The department has seven medical and nursing staff, including one chief physician, one associate chief physician, three attending physicians and one physician. Clinical services focus on treatment and prevention of common childhood oral diseases, including treatment of dental caries, root canal treatment for pulpitis and periapical disease, sequential management of trauma to immature permanent teeth and apexification. Preventive services include pit-and-fissure sealants for immature permanent and primary teeth, intervention for early caries, topical fluoride and preventive fillings. Staff periodically visit communities, schools and workplaces to give oral-health talks and consultations, promote oral care, conduct examinations and offer treatment and prevention advice. They guide primary healthcare institutions in appropriate dental prevention techniques and train and supervise Nanjing oral-health projects. The department organizes annual Love Teeth Day activities, speaks with news media, answers public questions and explains proper oral care. It teaches Nanjing University's seven-year program and provides clinical instruction for residents. Over the preceding three years it reports three SCI-indexed papers, nine papers in core and statistical-source journals, contributions to two books and three provincial or municipal projects.