Dentistry

The Department of Stomatology of Peking University Third Hospital was established when the hospital was founded in 1958. At the time of its establishment, the department had only three dental comprehensive treatment units and just a few medical and nursing staff. After nearly 70 years of development and the joint efforts of several generations of department members, it has now developed into a modern department with complete subspecialties, including Oral Medicine (Endodontics, Periodontology, Oral Mucosa, Pediatric Dentistry, and Preventive Dentistry), Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Prosthodontics, Orthodontics, Oral Imaging, and Implant Dentistry, with equal emphasis on medical care, education, and research and a complete talent development structure.

Department Overview

The Department of Stomatology of Peking University Third Hospital currently has five branches: the Main Hospital, the Airport Campus Branch, the Northern Campus Branch, the Party School Campus Branch, and the Second Outpatient Clinic Branch, with a total of 95 dental comprehensive treatment units. The Main Hospital has 57 dental comprehensive treatment units, divided into the second-floor clinical area and the ninth-floor clinical area of the Ophthalmology and Otorhinolaryngology Building, as well as a special-needs clinic area, and also provides international medical services; the Airport Campus Branch has 10 dental comprehensive treatment units; and the Northern Campus Branch has 18 comprehensive treatment units. The department is equipped with 5 advanced dental cone-beam CT machines, nearly 10 pieces of digital oral imaging equipment, including digital dental radiography machines and digital panoramic radiography machines, more than 20 dental operating microscopes, multiple sets of oral digital medical equipment, complete and advanced sterilization room equipment, and a domestically leading department information management system, among other facilities. In addition to comprehensive treatment rooms, the department also has various specialty treatment rooms, isolation treatment rooms, and independent operating rooms, meeting individualized diagnosis and treatment needs. Advanced diagnostic and treatment equipment and hardware not only effectively improve the quality and efficiency of medical care but also lay a solid foundation for the department's further development.

Personnel Structure and Scope of Diagnosis and Treatment

After decades of intensive development, the Department of Stomatology of Peking University Third Hospital has now formed a medical team with a rational structure and outstanding technical expertise, giving equal emphasis to subspecialty and general practice. The department currently has nearly 180 medical, nursing, and technical personnel, including approximately 90 physicians and 90 nurses. The physician team includes nearly 20 physicians with senior professional titles, more than 40 physicians with intermediate professional titles, and nearly 30 physicians with junior professional titles. They undertake oral diagnosis and treatment ranging from subspecialty to general practice, covering routine basic cases as well as various difficult and complex cases. The department has multiple subspecialties, including Oral Medicine (Endodontics, Periodontology, Oral Mucosa, Pediatric Dentistry, and Preventive Dentistry), Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Prosthodontics, Orthodontics, and Implant Dentistry. The department as a whole has a scientifically structured and well-established talent development system. This tiered and graded diagnosis and treatment system, characterized by division of labor and collaboration, together with its subspecialty structure, ensures the standardization and continuity of medical services, enables both common diseases and difficult cases to receive appropriate diagnosis and treatment at the corresponding level, and provides patients with comprehensive, high-quality medical services.

Department Strengths and Distinctive Features

Upholding the fine tradition of “diligence, rigor, seeking truth, and innovation” of Peking University Health Science Center and the service tenet of “patients first” of Peking University Third Hospital, the Department of Stomatology has always adhered to the service philosophy of “patient-centered care.” The department closely follows the latest developments in stomatology in China and abroad, continuously introduces new technologies and treatments, and adopts the same “quality control standards” as Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology to strictly monitor medical quality. In strict accordance with the charging standards promulgated by the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau, the department implements open, transparent, and standardized charging and provides patients with high-level medical services.

Our department has a high level of diagnostic and treatment capabilities in all fields of stomatology and can complete various complex treatment procedures to a high standard, forming significant professional strengths: In the field of endodontics, nickel-titanium instrument-assisted root canal treatment is widely performed, and endodontic microsurgery and microsurgical endodontic treatment are carried out with the support of dental operating microscopes, significantly improving the treatment outcomes of difficult endodontic diseases; in the field of periodontology, standardized basic periodontal treatment is provided, and various periodontal surgical treatments and peri-implant maintenance are widely performed, offering strong support for patients’ oral health management throughout the life cycle and the long-term stability of treatment outcomes in other specialties; in the field of prosthodontics, our department has mastered a variety of advanced prosthodontic methods, including precision casting technology and precision attachment prosthodontics; in implantology and implant prosthodontics, digital technology is deeply integrated, and intraoral scanning, surgical guide design, and printing are used to achieve precise planning of implant surgery and efficient fabrication of prostheses, significantly improving treatment predictability and the patient experience; in the orthodontic specialty, the department not only focuses on the systematic correction of various malocclusions in adults and children and carries out well-established implant anchorage-assisted treatment techniques, but also widely applies digital methods to assist treatment. At the same time, the department has long adopted a one-doctor-one-nurse nursing collaboration model (four-handed dentistry), greatly improving work efficiency.

In terms of influence in professional academic institutions, our department has always attached great importance to promoting and practicing the multidisciplinary comprehensive diagnosis and treatment model in stomatology. In 2008, it took the lead in joining with the Department of Stomatology of the General Hospital of the People’s Liberation Army and the departments of stomatology of many other influential general hospitals in China to jointly initiate and actively prepare for the establishment of the General Dentistry Committee of the Chinese Stomatological Association. After the committee was established, our department served as the institution of the first Chairperson of the General Dentistry Committee of the Chinese Stomatological Association from 2009 to 2012, and again served as the institution of the fourth Chairperson of the General Dentistry Committee of the Chinese Stomatological Association from 2018 to 2022. In addition, in 2024, our department became a member institution of the General Dentistry Specialist Alliance of the National Center for Stomatology. More than 30 department members, counted by appointments, currently hold important academic positions in national- or local-level academic organizations in stomatology, and several other experts serve as editorial board members or young editorial board members of multiple core Chinese journals of stomatology. No. 20 in the 2023 China Hospital Science and Technology Influence Ranking (Stomatology).

In education and teaching, the department undertakes multilevel and multifaceted training of stomatology professionals and has a clear teaching organization and management structure. Its main teaching responsibilities include stomatology education for 6-year international students at Peking University Health Science Center, stomatology education for 8-year clinical medicine students at Peking University Health Science Center, education for physicians pursuing further training, and standardized training for oral residents. Since 1992, our department has undertaken the standardized training of comprehensive oral residents at the former Beijing Medical University; in 2005, it became one of the first oral specialist physician training bases in Beijing; and in 2015, it became one of the first national standardized training bases for general dentistry residents designated by the National Health Commission.

In research, our department has always emphasized the cultivation of research talent and the establishment of research platforms. To date, the department has successfully completed or is conducting multiple national- and provincial-/ministerial-level vertical research projects, including 3 Young Scientists Fund projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 1 Young Scientists Fund project of the Municipal Natural Science Foundation, and 4 frontier projects of the Municipal Natural Science Foundation. Since 2012, it has been qualified as the stomatology specialty of a National Drug Clinical Trial Institution and has undertaken more than 20 drug clinical trial projects in total, covering multiple areas including innovative drugs and medical devices. Department members have cumulatively published more than 100 papers. In the field of intellectual property, the department’s medical and nursing staff actively participate in applied technological innovation and have obtained more than 40 national utility model patents; some of these achievements are gradually being translated into clinical applications.

Through the unremitting efforts and perseverance of all department members, our department’s volume of services has ranked among the highest among the departments of stomatology in general hospitals in Beijing for nearly 20 years, with more than 200,000 outpatient visits annually, earning recognition from peers and widespread praise from patients. After nearly seven decades of trials and tribulations, the Department of Stomatology of Peking University Third Hospital has developed into one of the leading departments of stomatology among general hospitals nationwide and one of the model departments for general dentistry. We will remain true to our original aspiration, forge ahead with determination, and provide the highest-quality services to the vast number of patients.