Dental Medicine Centre

The Oral Medicine Center was established in 2001. It is a national-level dental specialty diagnosis and treatment platform integrating medical care, teaching, and research. It was among the first national standardized residency training bases for general dentistry and oral and maxillofacial surgery, and in 2025 became a specialty physician training base for oral and maxillofacial surgery and general dentistry of the Peking University Health Science Center. The Center is currently a member institution of the National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, a member of the National Center for Oral Health specialty alliance, a high-level clinical key specialty in Guangdong Province, a vice-chairman institution of the Guangdong Stomatological Association, an institution of the Guangdong Engineering Technology Center for Oral Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, the director institution of the Shenzhen Clinical Quality Control Center for Stomatology, and the chairman institution of the Shenzhen Stomatological Association. It is also home to the Shenzhen Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, the Guangdong Training Base for Specialized Dental Nurses, and the Institute of Oral Medicine of the Shenzhen Peking University Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Medical Center. The Center took the lead in establishing the Shenzhen Specialty Alliance for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Difficult and Complex Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases. It has repeatedly been recognized as a key advantageous medical discipline and a branded discipline in Shenzhen. In 2020, it ranked 18th nationally in China’s Science and Technology Metrics (STEM). It has consistently remained at the forefront of the development of oral medicine both in the region and nationwide.

The Center has a highly qualified medical team with a well-balanced structure and deep professional expertise. It currently has a total of 157 medical and nursing staff members, including 46 doctors with doctoral degrees, all of whom graduated from key medical schools in China. More than 90% of the physicians hold master’s degrees or higher, and the Center also has several returned overseas scholars with an international outlook. Core members of the Center have pursued further training and study at the Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery Center of University Hospital Zurich, the Department of Head and Neck Oncology of the Cancer Institute Hospital of Japan, Cleveland Clinic in the United States, the MD Anderson Cancer Center in the United States, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Hong Kong, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, the Ninth People’s Hospital Affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Wuhan University Hospital of Stomatology, and other institutions. The physician team includes 32 members with senior professional titles, including 10 master’s supervisors, 2 doctoral supervisors, 17 high-level talents in Shenzhen, and 11 Shenzhen Health and Wellness Elite Talents. All core members have undertaken training, research, or academic exchanges at leading medical institutions in China and abroad, continuously introducing and integrating advanced international diagnostic and treatment concepts and technologies. The Center has received 13 grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China and 6 grants from the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation.

The Center comprises ten subspecialties, comprehensively covering all major fields of oral medicine: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (including alveolar surgery, orthognathic surgery, oral and maxillofacial oncology, temporomandibular joint disease, and salivary gland disease), Implant Surgery, Prosthodontics, Endodontics, Orthodontics, Periodontology, Oral Imaging, Oral Mucosal Disease, Comprehensive Dentistry, and Pediatric Dentistry. It currently has 50 available inpatient beds and is equipped with 70 comprehensive dental treatment units. It also possesses advanced equipment, including a surgical navigation system, a salivary gland endoscopy system, 3DMD, a CAD/CAM digital fabrication system, cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT), endodontic microscopes, laser treatment devices, and intraoral scanners, providing comprehensive support for precise, minimally invasive, and comfortable diagnosis and treatment. The Center performs more than 2,000 surgeries annually, including more than 150 microsurgical flap procedures and more than 360 orthognathic surgeries, and provides nearly 200,000 outpatient visits per year.

In addition, the Center has a modern independent laboratory equipped with ultra-low-temperature freezers, fluorescence microscopes, real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR instruments, gel imaging systems, hybridization instruments, microplate readers, high-speed refrigerated centrifuges, and other equipment. The laboratory provides comprehensive support for the establishment of a clinical specimen bank, molecular diagnostics, and translational medical research, promoting the deep integration of clinical practice and scientific research.

**Distinctive technologies and strengths of each subspecialty:**

**Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery:** The Center systematically provides multidisciplinary comprehensive treatment for oral cancer; performs functional submandibular gland surgery and radioactive particle implantation for the treatment of malignant tumors; and applies digital surgical technology to achieve precise functional reconstruction of the maxilla, orbital floor, and mandible, including the double-barrel fibula technique. It performs postoperative soft-tissue reconstruction for oral cancer using microsurgical flaps, as well as temporomandibular joint surgery. High-risk and complex procedures, including carotid body tumor resection and resection of tumors invading the skull base, are performed, along with minimally invasive salivary gland stone removal and duct dilation under salivary gland endoscopy, treatment of various complex maxillofacial traumas, and emergency rescue for severe infections. The Center also has an orthodontic-orthognathic joint treatment group that performs surgical treatment for craniofacial deformities.

**Implant Surgery:** The Center comprehensively performs digitally navigated surgery for all types of dentition defects and edentulism, complex bone augmentation, maxillary sinus elevation, and other highly difficult and complex implant procedures, providing patients with long-term, stable functional and esthetic restoration plans.

**Alveolar Surgery:** The Center performs minimally invasive tooth extraction using large-scale powered systems; electrosurgical excision of small oral tumors; surgical exposure and orthodontic eruption assistance for ectopic and impacted teeth; surgical management of soft- and hard-tissue deformities before restoration; minimally invasive extraction of impacted teeth using ultrasonic bone knives; site preservation; and other refined surgical procedures.

**Endodontics:** Based on microscopic techniques, the Center performs difficult root canal treatments, vital pulp preservation, microsurgical apical surgery, intentional replantation, pulp revascularization, and removal of fractured instruments, preserving natural teeth to the greatest extent possible.

**Prosthodontics:** The Center comprehensively implements advanced technologies, including chairside immediate restoration (CAD/CAM), minimally invasive ultra-thin porcelain veneers, digital design and immediate restoration for full-mouth dental implants, and fully digital occlusal reconstruction, achieving efficient, precise, and esthetic restorative outcomes.

**Orthodontics:** The Center provides digital clear aligner treatment, early orthodontic treatment for children, and comprehensive orthodontic treatment for adults. It works closely with the Department of Orthognathic Surgery to provide combined orthodontic-orthognathic sequential treatment for the correction of various dentofacial deformities.

**Periodontology:** The Center performs free gingival grafting (FGG), connective tissue grafting (CTG), periodontally accelerated osteogenic orthodontics (PAOO), and other surgical procedures. In collaboration with Prosthodontics, Orthodontics, and other disciplines, it provides multidisciplinary periodontal esthetic and functional reconstruction treatment.

**Oral Imaging:** The Center provides three-dimensional craniofacial reconstruction using CBCT, root canal CT, lateral cephalometric radiographs, panoramic radiographs, and various periapical radiographic examinations, supplying precise imaging evidence for clinical diagnosis and treatment planning.

**Oral Mucosal Disease:** The Center provides distinctive treatments such as laser treatment for oral mucosal diseases and places emphasis on patients’ overall health.

**Comprehensive Dentistry:** The Center provides patients with comprehensive examinations, diagnoses, and treatment planning, as well as one-stop services.

**Pediatric Dentistry:** The Center focuses on the comprehensive prevention and treatment of diseases affecting the primary teeth and young permanent teeth of children and adolescents, providing full-cycle management covering prevention, intervention, and treatment.

Looking to the future, the Oral Medicine Center will continue to uphold the development philosophy of “patient-centered care, quality as the core, and innovation as the driving force.” It will continue to strengthen discipline development and talent cultivation, deepen collaborative innovation in medical care, education, and research, consolidate and enhance its leading position in oral healthcare in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, and throughout China, and remain committed to providing the public with safer, more precise, more humane, and warmer oral health services.