Orthodontics

The Orthodontics Department of Nanjing Stomatological Hospital, affiliated with Nanjing University Medical School, was established in the 1950s. The hospital reports more than 70,000 outpatient visits annually, 53 dental units and equipment including Dolphin software and iTero and 3Shape intraoral scanners. Its 29 physicians include more than ten chief or associate chief physicians and more than ten attending physicians; eight hold doctorates and 18 master's degrees, with one doctoral and two master's supervisors.

The department lists standard edgewise and straight-wire, functional and removable appliance techniques, temporary implant anchorage and self-ligating brackets. It also offers clear aligners, lingual orthodontics, MRC myofunctional appliances, fixed functional appliances and magnetic orthodontics, and treats adolescents and adults. Services include orthodontic care in periodontal disease and cleft lip and palate, jaw deformity correction and combined orthodontic-orthognathic surgery. The hospital reports research into cone-beam CT (CBCT) in orthodontics and publications in orthodontic journals.

The department trains postgraduate students and visiting physicians and organizes continuing education. For the five years described, it reports four National Natural Science Foundation projects, more than ten provincial or municipal projects, over 20 SCI articles and over 30 core-journal articles. The hospital names chief physician and doctoral supervisor Li Huang as discipline leader.