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Preface |
In the Edo period Nagasaki was the only window
in Japan which had been opened to the Western countries, and many young scholars
came to today's Nagasaki City to learn the Western civilization. In Nagasaki
the Medical Training School was founded in 1987, as the first public educational
institution for the Western medicine in Japan. This was the predecessor of
the Nagasaki Medical College.
Under thr Law of National School Establishment created after World War II,
Nagasaki University was founded in 1949 by integrating Nagasaki Medical College,
its attached College of Pharmaceutical Science, Nagasaki College of Economics,
Nagasaki Normal School, Nagasaki Youth Normal School and others. Then, some
new faculties and facilities were founded. Now, Nagasaki University is composed
of eight Faculties (Education, Economics, Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmaceutical
Science, Engineering, Fisheries and Liberal Arts), eight Graduate Schools,
Institute of Tropical Medicine, University Hospitals of Medicine and Dentistry,
Junior College of Commerce, School of Allied Medical Sciences and other joint-use
facilities for education and research.
Nagasaki University School of Dentistry was founded on October 1, 1979 as
the newest national school of dentistry. On April 1,1982, Nagasaki University
Hospital of Dentistry was founded as a hospital for clinical education and
research of dentistry. Then, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Dentistry
was founded on April 1, 1986 to contribute to the progress and advancement
of dental research. Therefore, we understand that Nagasaki University School
of Dentistry is not only the facility for dental education and research but
also the central facility for dental treatment in the western area of Kyushu
including a number of islands.
The educational policy of our school is not only to teach foundamental humane
culture and broad scientific knowledge required for dentists but also to
teach highly professional knowledge of dentistry. We hope that during the
six-year period of education each dental student makes a humane character
and a talent contributing to human progress, and grows up as a reliable excellent
dental doctor. To this goal, our School of Dentistry gives both the lectures
of liberal arts subjects and the lectures and practices of professional dental
subjects concerning teeth, periodontal tissues, dentition, maxillofacial
area, etc. Collaboration of 18 departments (8 basic dentistry departments
and 10 clinical dentistry departments) with one clinical division enables
us to teach a variety of subjects concerning expert dental knowledge and
dental treatment. In addition, professors in the Nagasaki University School
of Medicine teach fundamental medical subjects adjacent to the dentistry
under consultation of professors in both Schools of Dentistry and Medicine.
During a period of one year and two months in the fifth and sixth grades,
clinical practices in dentistry, which are regarded as the final course of
dental education, are carried out at the University Hospital of Dentistry.
We have followed much on traditional dental education, but we also have pursued
the establishment of our own dental education system. Therefore, we have
made every effort to reevaluate education curriculum and to improve education
method. Finally we aim at up-to-date dental education which could correspond
to requirements and changes in the times. In order to further develop Nagasaki
University School of Dentistry and Graduate School of Dentistry we have to
promote the activation, advancement and internationalization of our dental
research as well as the improvement of dental education. As a part of this
policy, the School of Dentistry has been publishing the Annual Report since
its foundation, which presents education activities and research activities
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