Department of stomatology is a very well equipped and the most busy dental facility in the country. It is located in an individual building, Wen-Shin Branch of the hospital. Department of Stomatology occupies Floor 1-Floor3 and is equipped with 95 German-made Kavo dental units, 3D cone beam CT, 12 units of various lasers (including KEY laser, diode lasers, CO2 laser), Piezotome, and German-made Zeiss endodontic microscopes.
Department of Stomatology provides dental service in all specialty fields, including oral & maxillofacial surgery, oral pathology/medicine and diagnosis, orthodontics, operative dentistry, endodontics, prosthodontics, periodontics, pedodontics, family dentistry and special need dentistry. There are 28 full time attending dentists with various specialties, 26 residents including PGY trainees, 72 dental assistants, 4 radiology technicians and 3 dental technicians. The department not only provides regular dental care, but also state-of-the-art dentistry:
Service of Dental Care through Home Visit – provides basic and regular dental care to those who are not able to visit the dental clinic due to medical problems, such as those with stroke and vegetative state, through home visits.
Contemporary digital dentistry including dental Implant Center provides the best quality implants, digital dentistry in combination with 3D cone-beam CT, CAT-CAM and digital facial images, to establish functional occlusion and esthetics. is also provided,
Center of Dental Care for Special Needs – was established in 1995 and has been providing special dental cares to those who are mentally disabled under medical anesthesia for more than 20 years. The service is a team work of medical anesthesiologists, nurses, and dentists. In 2010, the Center was awarded by the Department of Health as “Center of Dental Care for Special Needs”
Endodontic microscopic treatment – provide outstanding treatments for challenging endodontic cases as well as removal of broken instruments in the root canals. Endodontic microscopic treatment has become the gold standard of endodontic treatment nowadays.
Temporomandibular dysfunction clinic – provides cares for temporomandibular dysfunctions in combinations with traditional bite plate therapy and dental laser therapy.
Orthognathic Surgery – provides care to those who have facial deformities and malocclusions to reach a good facial profile and functional occlusion.The treatment is a team work by orthodontists and oral and maxillofacial surgeons.
“State-of-the-art” Oral Cancer Clinic – provides not only traditional oral cancer care in cooperation of oral and maxillofacial surgeons with medical oncologists, radiation oncologists and plastic surgeons, but also novel photodynamic therapy for both oral cancer and precancerous lesions.