Recent status of oral and maxillofacial surgery in the People’s Republic of China under the viewpoints of 12^th ICOOC, 24^th ICMFS and 19^th ICOMS

Abstract

We analyzed oral and poster presentations at three recent international congresses: the 12^th International Congress on Oral Cancer （ICOOC） and the 24^th International College for Maxillofacial Surgery （ICMFS） in 2008, and the 19^th International Congress on Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery （ICOMS） in 2009, which were organized by Professor Wei-Liu Qiu in Shanghai.A total of 300 papers related to oral tumors and oral and maxillofacial surgery, were submitted by the People’s Republic of China at the 2008 and 2009 meetings. Many speakers at the main symposia and keynote addresses were from the Universities of Beijing, Shanghai, West China, Wohan, Sun-Yet-Sen, and Forth Military.