Oral, Maxillofacial, Head and Neck Surgery Department

The oral and maxillofacial surgery department of the Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School (Nanjing Stomatological Hospital) was founded in 1958 and established Jiangsu's first formal oral and maxillofacial surgery ward. It is a national key clinical specialty, Jiangsu key medical discipline and clinical specialty, and Nanjing clinical medical center, with doctoral and master's training. Specialty clinics cover dentoalveolar surgery, head and neck surgery, plastic and aesthetic surgery, temporomandibular joint and facial nerve disorders, cryotherapy and laser treatment. Dentoalveolar care includes ECG-monitored and minimally invasive, pain-controlled extraction. The department reports early provincial use of temporomandibular joint endoscopy and surgery and experience in joint disorders and trigeminal neuralgia. Its work includes oral cancer, reconstruction, nerve injury, orthognathic surgery and computer-assisted navigation. It reports early provincial adoption of sequential comprehensive cleft lip and palate care and is an A-grade Smile Train partner. The hospital reports over 150,000 outpatient visits and nearly 4,000 admissions annually, more than 70% of comparable oral and maxillofacial patients at Jiangsu tertiary hospitals, three second prizes for provincial scientific progress, four books and over 100 papers, including more than 60 SCI-indexed. The team includes ten chief, 14 associate chief and nine attending physicians, two doctoral and five master's supervisors. Professor Hu Qingang leads the discipline; the hospital lists his professional and provincial quality-control roles.