Department of Operative Dentistry and Endodontics II

The Second Department of Cariology and Endodontics at Tongji University Stomatological Hospital diagnoses, treats and prevents dental caries, pulp and periapical diseases and non-carious hard-tissue disorders. Alongside common oral diseases, it provides tooth-preserving restorative treatment for cracked, traumatized and worn teeth. Equipment includes German dental chairs, operating microscopes, rotary nickel-titanium and ultrasonic root-canal preparation systems and warm gutta-percha filling systems. The hospital reports experience and good results in whitening discolored teeth, aesthetic resin restorations, warm gutta-percha obturation, microscopic ultrasonic negotiation of calcified, curved or narrow canals, removal of broken instruments and other foreign bodies, microsurgical apical surgery and repair of pulp-chamber floor perforations. The department trains Tongji University undergraduate, postgraduate and international dental students, residents and endodontic specialists. Its doctors hold committee and leadership roles in national and Shanghai associations of endodontics and preventive dentistry. It undertakes research projects supported by the National Natural Science Foundation and Shanghai science and health authorities, and contributed to the national digital textbook Preventive Dentistry for five-year undergraduate dental programs under the 12th Five-Year Plan. Location: east side, third floor, Building 1. Telephone: 021-66313720 during working hours Monday to Saturday.