Zheng Linfan′s contribution to the strategic thinking of innovative development in oral science
10.3760/cma.j.cn112144-20250423-00152
- VernacularTitle:郑麟蕃口腔医学创新发展的战略思想
- Author:
Binbin LI
1
;
Yanhua SHAN
;
Yongsheng ZHOU
Author Information
1. 北京大学口腔医学院·口腔医院病理科 国家口腔医学中心 国家口腔疾病临床医学研究中心 口腔生物材料和数字诊疗装备国家工程研究中心 口腔数字医学北京市重点实验室，北京100081
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
History of dentistry;
Zheng linfan;
Scientific research;
Dentistry;
Stomatology;
History of medicine
- From:
Chinese Journal of Stomatology
2025;60(8):915-920
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Professor Zheng Linfan has played an important role in pioneering and leading the development of dentistry in China. In the early 1940s, he spearheaded groundbreaking investigations on the oral health status of Chinese students, and guided fundamental researches by clinical issues which led to the establishment of China′s first oral histopathology laboratory and the Institute of Stomatology. His remarkable scholarly achievements earned him the National Medical and Health Science Conference Award in 1978. He attached great importance to "investigation and clinical practice", "basic research-driven", "interdisciplinary" and "international cooperation and exchange" in the early stage of the development of oral science in China, and therefore formed a four-in-one innovative idea, making important contributions to the innovative research and clinical development of Chinese stomatology. This article bases on professor Zheng Linfan′s work and research experience. Through the excavation of archival documents, correspondence, memoirs, historical records, and oral history materials, this article reconstructs his contributions to stomatology in China, and summarizes his academic ideas, practical paths, and ideological values in promoting the construction of the stomatological development system, providing references for enriching the historical narrative of stomatology in China, and assisting contemporary advancements and technological innovation.
