Oral Prevention and Health Care Department

Established in 1980, the Department of Preventive Oral Health Care at Peking University School of Stomatology was the first department of preventive dentistry established in China and is a leading clinical department in China integrating medical care, teaching, research, and prevention.

The clinical services of the Department of Preventive Dentistry include hospital outpatient services and community-based work. These services include the diagnosis and treatment of oral diseases in children in hospitals, communities, and schools, as well as dental caries, pulp diseases, periapical diseases, and periodontal diseases in adults; caries management for high-risk populations; comprehensive prevention and control of oral diseases in preschool children; oral health promotion; and oral health education, among other services.

As a leading teaching base in China, the department undertakes the teaching of specialized theoretical courses and clinical internships for undergraduate students, graduate students, and advanced trainees in stomatology, and also undertakes national-level continuing education programs. The Teaching and Research Section of Preventive Dentistry was the first institution in China authorized to confer doctoral degrees in preventive dentistry and is also the chief editorial institution for editions 1-5 of the nationally unified textbook 《Preventive Dentistry》, published by People's Medical Publishing House.

The Department of Preventive Dentistry also participates in formulating national oral health standards, work plans, and specifications; provides professional support for national oral health policies; manages national oral disease prevention and control programs; organizes and participates in National Love Your Teeth Day activities; leads and participates in the organization, implementation, and report drafting for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th National Oral Health Epidemiological Surveys; and participates in the work of the Chinese Stomatological Association and the China Dental Disease Prevention and Treatment Foundation, among other activities. The department is also home to the office of the World Health Organization's only collaborating centre for preventive dentistry research and training in the Asia-Pacific region. It collaborates with other World Health Organization global oral health collaborating centres to conduct international oral public health projects, promote oral health for all, and train a large number of key oral public health professionals for China.