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A survey on dental care and oral implantology in Beijing, China
Author(s) -
Huasong Liu,
Yang Hui,
De Groot K.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
clinical oral implants research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.407
H-Index - 161
eISSN - 1600-0501
pISSN - 0905-7161
DOI - 10.1034/j.1600-0501.1997.080301.x
Subject(s) - beijing , china , medicine , dentistry , chinese population , dental care , population , family medicine , environmental health , geography , biochemistry , chemistry , archaeology , genotype , gene
In this article,we present a survey on dental care and oral implantology in Beijing, China. The Chinese population comprises 1.2 billion or about 20% of the world's population. This survey shows: (i) there is a well‐developed dental system in China, mostly operated by the Chinese government; (ii) in Beijing, there are 1328 dentists and oral surgeons and 515 special dental nurses working in dental departments of hospitals: (iii) about 2 million new patients visit the dentist every year; (iv) oral implantology is a new technology for the Chinese dentist and oral surgeon, as shown by the finding that in 1992, only 384 persons were treated with oral implants in a few hospitals in Beijing; however, most hospitals are interested in performing oral implantology in the near future; (v) imported implants are too expensive for Chinese patients, and therefore good qualified domestic implants and cheaper imported implants have a great market potential.