Oral Mucosal Diseases Department

The Department of Oral Mucosal Diseases of the Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School (Nanjing Stomatological Hospital) is one of the larger specialized departments with distinctive features in East China and is a key clinical specialty in Jiangsu Province. For many years, it has consistently followed domestic and international developments in the discipline and introduced new technologies and methods. At present, it has established a relatively standardized, comprehensive, and systematic treatment system for the clinical diagnosis and treatment of oral mucosal diseases, particularly complex and difficult mucosal diseases, and treats 30,000 patient visits annually from throughout Jiangsu Province, across China, and overseas. The department has a well-structured talent echelon and strong technical capabilities, with 3 senior-title professionals and 2 master's supervisors. Professor Wang Wenmei, the academic leader, currently serves as Deputy Chair of the Professional Committee of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine of the Chinese Stomatological Association, Vice President of the Jiangsu Stomatological Association, Deputy Director of the Jiangsu Provincial Oral Medical Quality Control Center, and Chief Examiner for the Practical Skills Examination for the Qualification of Medical Practitioners in Jiangsu Province (Stomatology). She serves as an editorial board member of more than 10 domestic and international academic journals, including Journal of Dentistry and Oral Biology, Clinics in Oncology, “Oral Medicine Research”, “Journal of Clinical Stomatology”, and as an editorial board member of the graduate textbook Oral Mucosal Diseases. She has been awarded the titles of “Young and Middle-Aged Expert with Outstanding Contributions in Jiangsu Province” and “Young and Middle-Aged Industry and Academic Leader of Nanjing,” and has been recognized as one of the first young and middle-aged science and technology leaders under Jiangsu Province’s “333 High-Level Talent Training Project” and as a talent cultivated under the “213 Project” of the Nanjing Municipal Health Bureau. In 2007, she was awarded a fellowship of the International College of Dentists. The Department of Oral Mucosal Diseases primarily diagnoses and treats numerous diseases of various types occurring on the oral mucosa (including the lips, buccal mucosa, tongue, gingiva, palate, etc.), including recurrent oral ulcers, Behçet’s disease, oral lichen planus, oral leukoplakia, oral herpes simplex, oral candidiasis, allergic stomatitis, pemphigus, cheilitis, glossitis, oral manifestations of sexually transmitted diseases and systemic diseases, etc., specifically presenting as oral mucosal erosions, ulcers, herpes, and mottled lesions. The department conducts research on immune function in oral mucosal diseases, uses integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine to treat intractable diseases such as recurrent oral ulcers, Behçet’s disease, and lichen planus, and provides standardized diagnosis and treatment for refractory ulcers. The classification of lichenoid diseases is an innovation pioneered domestically and internationally. Breakthroughs have been achieved in research on clinical indicators, early diagnosis, monitoring, prevention, and treatment of malignant transformation in oral mucosal precancerous lesions, and the diagnosis and treatment of oral manifestations of systemic diseases are unique. In recent years, the department has undertaken more than 20 national-, provincial-, and municipal bureau-level projects, successively received more than 10 provincial department-, municipal-, and bureau-level science and technology progress awards and new technology introduction awards, and published more than 100 papers in SCI, core, and statistical-source journals. It has published 7 monographs, including Oral Manifestations of Systemic Diseases, Diagnostics of Oral Mucosal Diseases, Color Atlas of Diagnostics of Oral Mucosal Diseases, and Oral-Related Syndromes, and participated in the compilation of more than 10 books. It undertakes the teaching of the 7-year and 3-year master’s programs in stomatology at Nanjing University and has trained more than 20 master’s students. It is a continuing education base for oral medicine of the Jiangsu Provincial Health Department and a training base for oral medicine residents in Jiangsu Province, and has held national- and provincial-level continuing education courses many times. The department emphasizes international academic exchange and cooperation and actively introduces new technologies from abroad. After the dedicated research and tireless efforts of several generations, the department has become one of the most influential specialized departments in China. The Department of Oral Mucosal Diseases places patients at the center, continuously pursues new knowledge, preserves and develops its distinctive diagnostic and treatment characteristics, and wholeheartedly serves patients with oral mucosal diseases.