Dentistry

The Department of Stomatology of Renji Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine has a long history and is a designated core unit of the National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases. Renji Hospital began establishing a dental department in the 1930s, which was renamed the Department of Stomatology after the founding of the People's Republic of China. Professor Huang Xizhang was the first director of the Renji Department of Stomatology, which subsequently continued to develop and expand under the leadership of department directors Xu Yuying, Wang Pinzhen, Lu Qun, Yu Li, Lu Eryi and others. The Renji Department of Stomatology uses general dentistry as its platform, takes service optimization as its purpose, and implements a tiered diagnosis and treatment system; following the design concepts of one-stop and integrated care, it has established a high-end multidisciplinary oral diagnosis and treatment center featuring implantology and prosthodontics. The Renji Department of Stomatology has outpatient clinics at the East, West and South campuses. After renovation and expansion, the East Campus has a usable area of more than 1000 m2, 45 dental chairs, 7 special-needs treatment rooms, and 2 outpatient implant rooms. It is equipped with advanced instruments and devices, including a CAD/CAM chairside operating system, oral laser treatment instruments, microscope-assisted root canal treatment equipment, an ultrasonic bone knife, and a high-frequency electrosurgical unit. It provides medical services in multiple subspecialties, including oral implantology, prosthodontics, alveolar surgery, orthodontics, periodontology, operative dentistry and endodontics, and oral mucosal diseases; it comprehensively offers procedures including 3D printing, immediate and delayed implant-supported fixed or removable prosthodontics, GBR technology, CAD/CAM all-ceramic crowns, veneers, post-and-core crowns, inlays, titanium-alloy removable dentures, BPS complete dentures, removable or fixed occlusal reconstruction, post-treatment rehabilitation after orthodontic or periodontal treatment, and combined implant-orthodontic rehabilitation. The annual number of outpatient and emergency visits exceeds 110,000. Since 2017, under the leadership of Director Lu Eryi, the department team has continued to grow, with an improved management structure and faculty, and has a high-quality faculty combining senior, middle-aged and young members with outstanding strengths in clinical practice, teaching and research. There are currently 47 physicians, including 1 chief physician and 10 deputy chief physicians (4 with doctoral degrees and 42 with master's degrees); 12 professional dental technicians and 20 professional dental nurses. There is currently 1 doctoral supervisor and 2 master's supervisors. The department trains students in eight-year and seven-year programs in clinical stomatology as well as doctoral and master's students, undertakes lecture teaching for undergraduates of Renji Medical College and training for visiting physicians, and serves as an internship base for the Stomatological Technology major of the College of Health Sciences. Many physicians have visited medical schools, laboratories and dental laboratories in the United States, Germany, Japan and other countries for academic exchange and study. They serve as deputy chairpersons, standing committee members, committee members and youth committee members in various academic organizations, including the Continuing Education Committee of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association, the Shanghai Stomatological Association and its subspecialties, the Shanghai Medical Association and its subspecialties, and the Oral Medicine Branch of the Bethune Spirit Research Association. The department has successively obtained 7 national-level projects and more than 10 provincial- and municipal-level projects; it has published more than 50 SCI papers in authoritative academic journals such as Matter, Genome Biol, Bioact Mater, J Dent Res, and J Adv Res, and has been granted 6 national patents. Clinical diagnosis and treatment and basic scientific research are organically integrated and mutually promote each other, while scientific theory guides the development of the discipline.【Specialty Features】Implantology specialty: Renji Stomatology began implant-supported denture rehabilitation in 1998 and was one of the first oral institutions in China to do so. It has extensive clinical experience in soft-tissue esthetic management and esthetic restoration around implants, bone augmentation and implant techniques in cases of insufficient bone volume, maxillary sinus floor elevation implant techniques, and implant-retained overdenture rehabilitation. Prosthodontics specialty: Restoration treatment is provided for defects and loss of teeth and dentitions, including various fixed restorations (all-ceramic crown and bridge restorations, porcelain veneer restorations, etc.), removable restorations (framework removable partial dentures, invisible dentures, complete dentures, etc.), implant restorations, and combined fixed-removable restoration techniques (precision attachment dentures, magnetic-retained dentures, telescopic crown dentures, etc.). Alveolar surgery specialty: The main services include various tooth extractions, alveolar surgery, treatment of jaw cysts, benign maxillofacial soft-tissue tumors, maxillofacial soft-tissue trauma, dental trauma and oral infections. Complex tooth extraction is particularly a specialty of this department. Orthodontics specialty: Early preventive and interceptive treatment is provided for children and adolescents during the primary and mixed dentition stages, comprehensive orthodontic treatment for adults and adolescents, and orthodontic treatment for adults and elderly patients with periodontal disease. Treatment procedures include edgewise appliance techniques, straight-wire appliance techniques, self-ligating appliance techniques, implant anchorage orthodontic techniques, MRC functional appliance techniques, lingual orthodontic techniques, bracketless invisible orthodontic techniques, and digital simulation-based individualized design and treatment techniques. Periodontology specialty: Various periodontal diseases presenting mainly with gingival bleeding, gingival redness and swelling, gingival recession, tooth mobility, oral malodor and other symptoms are diagnosed and treated. The department has long adhered to systematic and standardized periodontal disease diagnosis and treatment, and performs various periodontal surgeries, including basic periodontal treatment and splinting of mobile teeth. It also provides combined periodontal-endodontic treatment, combined periodontal and orthodontic treatment, and restorative treatment of periodontal disease. Operative Dentistry and Endodontics specialty: The treatment scope includes caries and other diseases of the hard tissues of teeth, pulp diseases, periapical diseases and other dental hard-tissue and pulp diseases. Difficult root canal treatment and esthetic restoration of teeth are the featured treatment services.