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School of Dentistry
Introduction
The National Taiwan University School of Dentistry was the former dental unit of the Taipei Imperial
University affiliated hospital founded in 1910. After Taiwan’s retrocession to the Chinese government,
the first chairman of the dental school, Dr. Shui Kuo initially served as the professor of the Medical
College in dental sciences and the attending doctor of the Department of Dentistry of National Taiwan
University Hospital. In 1953, the National Taiwan University Department of Dentistry was formally
founded as university-based dental school, the first chairman of the Department of Dentistry was Dr.
Shui Kuo, and it began admitting students in 1955. Throughout years of contribution by Dr. Shui Kuo,
Dr. Yu-Ching Hong, Dr. Kun-Chee Chen, Dr. Hsoeh-Wan Kwan, Dr. Liang-Jiunn Hahn, Dr.
Chi-Chuan Hsieh, Dr. Wan-Hong Lan, Dr. Chun-Pin Lin and other faculty staff, “Graduate Institute of
Dental Sciences” was first established in 1988 to offer graduate courses for master’s degree.
Subsequently, Ph.D., courses were added in 1991. In 1996, “Graduate Institute of Dental Sciences”
became “Graduate Institute of Clinical Dentistry,” and in 2001, a part-time master program was added
exclusively for dentists who desire advanced education. In 1996, the dental school received
authorization to commence graduate courses in oral biology. The Graduate Institute of Oral Biology
became the third unit of dental science. On June 14th, 2008, School of Dentistry was established after
passing the 2nd University Affairs Meeting of the second semester of 2007 academic year, and Prof.
Chun-Pin Lin initially served as the dean of the School of Dentistry.
Organization
The school of Dentistry contains one department and two graduate institutes:
Department of Dentistry, Graduate Institute of Clinical Dentistry and Graduate
Institute of Oral Biology. The clinical training area: National Taiwan University
Hospital Department of Dentistry, including nine divisions: Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgery, Oral Diagnosis, General Dentistry, Endodontics, Restorative and Esthetic
Dentistry, Prosthodontics, Periodontics, Orthodontic and Dentistry Orthopedic and
Pediatric Dentistry.
Research
The school of Dentistry has several research teams: Oral Biomedical Material and
Nanotechnology Research Team, New Oral Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Research
Team, Immunohistochemistry and Photodynamic Therapy Research Team, Oral
Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Biocompatibility Research Team, Stem Cell
Regeneration Team and Orthodontic and Dentofacial Research Team.
Facilities
There are computer rooms, an audio-video rooms, two dental laboratories, an oral
pathology laboratory, an oral embryology and histology laboratory, two lecture rooms
for teaching purposes, and four conference rooms for teaching purposes and seminars.
Research laboratories include laboratories for hard tissue study, craniofacial growth
and development, periodontics, oral pathology, oral histology, material science, oral
physiology, endodontics, stem all tissue regeneration and biometirial development,
molecular biology, oral bioilogy, oral microbiology, immunology, and laser study.
All clinical lab courses are arranged exclusively for the student in the student
laboratory. Students have their own equipment and are given enough space to learn on
their own. Besides the self-teaching simulation system “DentSim,” which has already
been introduced in our school, the most advanced implant surgery education system in
the world will be introduced. Therefore, our students will be able to enjoy the most
developed equipment on par with the top overseas dental schools.
Academic Exchange and Collaboration
The School of Dentistry has established academic collaborative agreements with the
School of Dentistry of Columbia University, School of Dental Medicine of University
of Pennsylvania, and Tokyo Medical and Dental University. Every summer, dental
students are selected to study in Columbia University, University of Pennsylvania,
University of Michigan, and University of Southern California in USA, University of
Otego in New Zealand Tokyo Medical and Dental University in Japan, and
Ludwing-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich in Germany. In addition, School of
Dentistry offers clinical electives for international dental students from University of
Sydney in Australia, University of Otago in New Zealand, Boston University and
Columbia University in USA, University of Manchester and King’s College London
in UK, and so on. Furthermore, international dentistry conferences are held, scholars
or experts are invited to give speeches, and faculties are selected to visit other school
of dentistry overseas to enhance the internationalization and upgrade the education,
research and service of dentistry.
Vision
As the world economy focuses more and more on techniques and knowledge, the
development of the School of Dentistry at the National Taiwan University will focus
on integrate all division resources to extend our main research and clinical medical
area. We plan to cross the barriers of compartmentalization to establish a joint
cooperation that would greatly enhance the strength and basis of biomedical
technology development of School of Dentistry, National Taiwan University. At the
same time, opening a channel for corporate and academic communication by route of
Innovation Incubator will greatly increase the success of corporate and academic
cooperation that would financially benefit both aspects. On the topic of clinical
service, we base our teachings on the fundamental of “Total Patient Care,” enabling
us to provide the most advanced clinical service. Aside from enhancing the overall
strength of the School of Dentistry at the National Taiwan University, the “Dental
education and research center in Asia” also aims to promote international
communication. We set our purpose on becoming the center of research and health
care provider. In addition to designing thorough plans for research training, we will
also invite prominent researchers in the dental field to visit our school. Meanwhile, we
stress the importance of clinical care, which will help promote the credibility and
prominence of dental care at School of Dentistry worldwide.
Contact Information
Dean: Prof. Chun-Pin Lin
Tel: +886-2-23123456 ext. 66866
Fax: +886-2-23831346
Website: http://sd.ntu.edu.tw
E-mail: [email protected]