Chronicle of Oral Health Careers in China

   1. Records from oracle bone inscriptions: According to the unearthed oracle bone inscriptions, the ancients of the Shang Dynasty more than 3,000 years ago were aware of the symptoms and hazards of tooth decay . This is the earliest known dental record in the world.

   2. Oral health care in the era of Confucius: The Book of Rites, one of the thirteen classics recorded by Confucian disciples and later scholars in China, records that the ancients in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty: the chickens were just crowing, and they were washed with salt. Gargle with salt water and start paying attention to oral hygiene.

   3. Undergraduate stomatology in the Tang Dynasty: The medical branch of the Imperial Physician Office of the Tang Dynasty first appeared in the Department of Auricular and Oral Dentistry.

   The first toothpaste in the worlds history appeared in the period of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms: Xiao Xiu, the younger brother of Xiao Yan, Emperor Wu of the Liang Dynasty of the Southern Dynasty, organized the compilation of "Leiyuan" in 509 and recorded the toothpaste formula for the articulate black mustache for the first time.

   5. Professional dentists in the Song Dynasty: Volume 72 of "Song Hui Yao Ji Manuscripts" and "Official Officers" twenty-two-thirty-sixth set stipulates that the Imperial Medical Bureau is divided into nine departments, including the department of articulation and pharyngology. In the Song Dynasty, there were also people specializing in dental implants, and a dental surgery operation was recorded by the military doctors in the Song Dynasty.

   6. Modern dentistry: At the end of the Qing Dynasty, around 1898, the royal family established a palace-style dentists office. At that time, dentist Chen Jingrong applied western stomatology medicines and materials to treat dental diseases and repair missing teeth. In the Republic of China, the first foreign dental missionary to China, Canadian physician Lin Ze, founded the first private dental clinic in China in 1907, which was expanded into a dental hospital in 1911.

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   Seven, the new era of dentistry:

   (1) In 1989, the Ministry of Health of the Peoples Republic of China designated September 20 every year as the National Tooth Love Day, calling on everyone to pay attention to oral health. From 2016 to the present, the theme of the National Tooth Love Day has been positioned for five consecutive years: oral health, whole body health.

   (2) In 1996, the Chinese Stomatological Association was established, and the cause of oral health was highly valued at the national level.

   (3) In 2008, the registration of private dental clinics was gradually opened in China. Dentists from public hospitals and well-known colleges and universities can apply for private medical practice licenses after passing the examination.

   (4) In 2012, the policy of the health department was further relaxed, and private dental medical institutions sprang up like mushrooms after a rain. Under the marketization, there were high-quality but expensive expert diagnosis and treatment, low-cost promotions and uneven medical quality. Subsequently, more and more capital entered the oral medical industry, accelerated the development of the industry, and accelerated the survival of the fittest, but the commercialization of medical care also began to deviate from the essence of medical care.

   (5) In 2015, the Victorian port dental chain brand organization used Hong Kong-style medical care to serve the citizens of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. For the first time, it proposed that dentistry is not a business, and a dentist is not a businessman. It called for a review of scientific diagnosis and treatment and a return to the essence of oral medical care that loves hurts and cares for pain. , Fulfilling the practice concept of good dentistry that allows citizens to see their teeth with confidence, and began to gradually lead the industry to return to the essence of medical care.