Prosthodontics
The Department of Prosthodontics of the Stomatological Hospital Affiliated with Nanjing University School of Medicine (Nanjing Stomatological Hospital) was established in 1958. It is one of the earliest-established and largest prosthodontic specialties in Jiangsu Province. After more than 50 years of development, it has now become a prosthodontic specialty integrating clinical care, teaching, and research; it is a Jiangsu Provincial Key Clinical Specialty and the institution whose representative chairs the Prosthodontics Professional Committee of the Jiangsu Stomatological Association. The department has 30 comprehensive dental treatment chairs and multiple advanced devices, including CAD/CAM dental scanners, milling machines, 3D dental printers, various face-bow and articulator systems, Tscan testing devices, and condylar-trajectory tracing instruments; it treats more than 70,000 patient visits annually. The department currently has 30 physicians, including 7 chief physicians and 12 associate chief physicians; 8 hold doctoral degrees, 14 hold master’s degrees, and 4 are supervisors of master’s students. Many of them serve, respectively, as standing committee members of the Prosthodontics Professional Committee of the Chinese Stomatological Association and the National Professional Committee of Dental Informatics, and as members of the Professional Committee of Dental Materials, the Professional Committee of Geriatric Dentistry, and the Professional Committee of Temporomandibular Joint Disorders and Occlusion. Since its establishment, the department has continuously pursued technological innovation. In addition to conventional fixed and removable prosthodontic treatment for defects of the teeth and dentition, it offers many specialized medical services, including sequential occlusal reconstruction treatment for severe wear of the teeth and dentition, biofunctional complete denture restoration techniques, ultrathin porcelain veneer restoration techniques, aesthetic tooth-bleaching techniques, application of adjustable mandibular advancement oral anti-snoring appliances in OSAHS and snoring, early correction techniques for cleft lip and palate deformities in infancy, and digital fabrication of prostheses. It also offers specialty outpatient clinics for prosthodontic treatment of temporomandibular joint diseases, maxillofacial prosthetic treatment, and other services. The department undertakes teaching responsibilities for such subjects in Nanjing University’s dental medicine program as prosthodontics, dental materials science, dental anatomy and oral physiology, and occlusion. It is a Jiangsu Provincial training base for further education in prosthodontics and a standardized training base for dental residents, training dozens of standardized-training residents and visiting trainees from across China every year. Over the past 5 years, the department has received 1 Jiangsu Provincial project for tackling new clinical diagnosis and treatment technologies, 1 Third Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress of Jiangsu Province, 1 Third Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress of Nanjing, 1 First Prize and 2 Second Prizes of the Medical New Technology Introduction Award of the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Health, and 1 Second Prize of the Medical New Technology Introduction Award of the Nanjing Municipal Health Bureau. In addition, the department actively conducts research related to oral prosthodontics. Within the past 3 years, it has obtained 11 national, provincial, and municipal research projects and published more than 60 papers in academic journals in China and abroad, 9 of which are indexed in SCI. In recent years, the Department of Prosthodontics has continuously enhanced quality, improved its technical expertise, and innovated its services. Through multiple initiatives, it has introduced service measures such as paired referral for “cracked teeth” and “Dental Appliance Express.” Patient satisfaction has continued to increase. In recent years, the department has received honors at various provincial, municipal, and national levels: 2014 “Nanjing Workers’ Pioneer Unit,” 2016 “Jiangsu May 1 Women Pacesetter Post,” 2017 “National Quality Service Post,” and 2017 “National May 1 Women Pacesetter Post.”