Greetings
Our department provides general dental care, oral care and rehabilitation aimed at maintaining the oral health of elderly people.Our patients include those who cannot receive sufficient dental care due to physical illness, who need general anesthesia or hospitalization for dental care, whose dentures do not fit because their jaws have become thinner, who cannot swallow food well due to aging or the aftereffects of oral cancer, etc., who cannot properly eat food because they experience pain due to stomatitis or dry mouth, or who have a sore tongue or toothache although no problems have been detected at a dental or general hospital.
Outline
Medical care system
A total of 20 full-time and part-time dentists provide dental care to more than 15,000 outpatients each year. The real number of inpatients is unknown due to cooperative care with other departments.Treatment policy
Since most elderly people have various diseases, it is necessary to understand their general condition for proper management and treatment. Our department’s staff members include specialists in diverse fields and they cooperate with each other to proceed with treatment. We also cooperate with other clinical departments.Areas of medical care
- Basically, we target elderly people.
- Oral care (guidance on tooth-brushing and cleaning of the mucous membranes to maintain oral health)
- Eating and swallowing rehabilitation (evaluation of symptoms, such as choking when eating and difficulty in swallowing, and training)
- Treatment of dentures and decayed teeth
- Implant treatment
- Oral medicine (dry mouth, endermosis, oral candidiasis, dysgeusia, metal allergy)
- Dental psychosomatic disease (glossodynia, toothache, oral/facial discomfort)
- Oral surgery (tooth extraction and other surgical procedures)
Consultation hours
First-visit reception: 8:30 a.m. – noon (by appointment only) *Please consult us if you would like to visit in the afternoon.Return-visit reception: 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (by appointment only)
Consultation hours: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Consultation days: Monday – Friday
Closed: Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, year-end and New Year holidays
*Inquires: Fourth Clinic at 011-706-4346/4347/4359 (9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.)
Major tests and equipment
- Seven dental examination units
- Endoscopic evaluation of swallowing
- Candida culture equipment
- Bacterial counting equipment
- Body composition measuring equipment
- Tongue pressure measuring equipment
- Taste function test
- Tooth contact analyzing device
Medical care results
Total number of outpatients: approx. 15,000 (FY 2015)(As of April, 2016)
