Stomatology / Dentistry
Founded in 1941, the Peking University School of Stomatology (School of Stomatology) was formerly the Department of Dentistry of the Affiliated Hospital of the National Peking University School of Medicine. It is the birthplace of modern stomatological education in China and a model of the "national team". The hospital is a tertiary-level Class A stomatological hospital under the administration of the National Health Commission. In 2020, it was approved by the National Health Commission to establish the National Stomatological Center (jointly with West China School of Stomatology and Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital). It has all eight of the first batch of "National Key Clinical Specialties" in stomatology and is one of only two national key disciplines in stomatology at the first-level discipline level in China. Its scale of stomatological medical services is among the world's leading.
Historical Origins and Spiritual Inheritance:
Established in 1941, the department, under the strong advocacy of Professor Mao Xiejun, the department head, pioneered the transformation of traditional dental education into modern oral medicine education in 1950. This innovation spurred other institutions nationwide to follow suit, fundamentally elevating the status of oral medicine in the domestic medical field. Adhering to the motto of "Cultivating Morality, Pursuing Knowledge, Mastering Medicine, and Serving the World," the hospital trained my country's first medical doctor in 1984 and my country's first double doctoral graduate in oral medicine in 2012, pioneering an eight-year integrated undergraduate-doctoral program in oral medicine. Among its graduates are three academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, three members of the US National Academy of Medical Sciences, and twelve presidents/vice presidents of national first-level academic societies.
Core business operational efficiency:
It currently has 1,047 examination chairs, 363 open beds, 10 branch medical institutions, and over 3,200 faculty and staff members. It provides outpatient and emergency services to over 2.26 million patients annually and admits 11,700 inpatients annually, making its dental specialty medical services among the world's leading in scale. It boasts 119 doctoral supervisors and 87 master's supervisors, including over 50 national-level talents such as Changjiang Scholars, National Outstanding Young Scientists Fund recipients, and leaders of the Ten Thousand Talents Program.
Discipline Positioning and Benchmarking:
It is a National Center for Stomatology (approved in 2020), a National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, a National Engineering Research Center for Oral Biomaterials and Digital Treatment Equipment, and a National Center for Quality Management and Control of Professional Medical Services in Stomatology. Its independently developed digital products serve over 100 countries and regions, achieving a breakthrough for Chinese-made high-end oral medical devices in the global oral health market. It has signed academic cooperation memorandums with over 40 overseas dental schools and trained over 80 international young scholars from 25 countries and regions.
