Oral and maxillofacial surgery in China: Past, present and future

Jiawei Zheng, Bing Fang, Shanyong Zhang, Chi Yang, Guofang Shen, Weiliu Qiu, Zhiyuan Zhang

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ninth People’s Hospital, College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.

DOI: 10.4236/ojst.2013.37060                

Abstract

China is the most highly populated developing country. As with other scientific disciplines, dentistry (stomatology) is progressively growing since 1949 when the new China was founded. Due to the closing of the country to international discourse for several decades, international counterparts know very little about dentistry or stomatology, including the sub-discipline oral and maxillofacial surgery. This paper is aimed to introduce the scope, give a brief history, update clinical and basic research, and discuss the future of oral and maxillofacial surgery in China. It will hopefully help international colleagues to have an insight into the developmental history, education system, clinical and basic research achievements, as well as the prospective future of oral and maxillofacial surgery in China

Keywords

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery; Education System; China; Stomatology

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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