Having secured a better environment through the relocation of the outpatient unit to the second floor and extension and renewal work in May 2019, the department introduced new equipment in an attempt to provide medical service in a more pleasant, safer environment.

Having recruited two specialists, the department provides dental care service to inpatients receiving cancer treatment. In addition, it plays a role in fulfilling social responsibilities as a public organization by providing higher-quality medical service to local residents and improving health service for local communities.

Based on close cooperation with the Head and Neck Cancer Center installed in the Department of Otolaryngology, Department of Radiation Oncology, and Department of Hematology, the Department of Dentistry dedicates utmost effort to providing pre and post-operative treatment and care to patients suffering from head and neck cancers (tongue cancer, mouth floor cancer, maxillary and mandibular cancer, esophageal cancer, etc.), which cannot be handled at private dental clinics, and metastatic maxillofacial cancers and tumors.

In particular, the department is striving by far to prevent, treat, and manage the occurrence of medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ) that can be caused by oral care and various drugs used on breast cancer patients whose number is increasing rapidly as of late.

To resolve the oral discomfort of oral cancer patients for whom surgery or radiotherapy is impossible, patients experiencing a recurrence of cancer after surgery, remote metastasis patients, patients requiring progress management or nearing death after chemotherapy, and patients in need of hospice care, the Department of Dentistry will exert utmost effort to improve cancer patients’ quality of life through close cooperation with medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, nuclear medical specialists, and hospice ward.