Dental clinics in China: practising licence and filing rules, and dental names on government lists

This page sets out what China's national regulation on medical institutions says about practising licences for clinics and other institutions, and lists the dental institutions that the Beijing and Shanghai governments name in their English pages. It describes administrative rules and published lists only. It does not rate, rank or recommend any clinic, and it says nothing about treatment.

What the regulation says about practising licences

The State Council's Regulation on the Administration of Medical Institutions (医疗机构管理条例) applies to hospitals, outpatient departments, clinics and other medical institutions that carry out diagnosis and treatment. The English renderings below are ours.

Registration and licence. The regulation says a medical institution must register in order to practise and receive a Medical Institution Practising Licence (《医疗机构执业许可证》).
Clinics. For clinics (诊所), it says they may practise after filing with the county-level people's government health administration department where they are located, in line with the State Council health administration department's rules.
No practice without a licence or filing. It says no unit or individual may carry out diagnosis and treatment without the licence or without filing.
Who registers. It says registration is handled by the health administration department of the people's government that approved the institution's establishment, or, where no establishment approval is needed, by the health administration department at county level or above in the place where the institution is located. It gives separate routes for institutions set up under national planning, which register at provincial level, and for clinics serving an organisation's own staff, which register or file at county level.
What is recorded. The main registered items are the name, address and principal person in charge, the form of ownership, the diagnosis and treatment subjects and beds, and the registered capital.
Changes. An institution that changes its name, premises, principal person in charge, diagnosis and treatment subjects or beds must register the change with the original registration authority, or file it with the original filing authority.
Periodic check. The licence of an institution with fewer than 100 beds is checked once a year, and the licence of an institution with 100 beds or more is checked once every 3 years.
Licence handling. The regulation says the licence may not be forged, altered, sold, transferred or lent.
Display. It says a medical institution must display its licence, its diagnosis and treatment subjects, its hours and its fee standards in a prominent place.
Approved scope. It says an institution must carry out diagnosis and treatment only within the subjects approved in registration or filing.

This page does not tell readers where to look up a licence record, and it has not checked any clinic's licence.

Dental institutions on Beijing's foreign-language list

The Beijing Municipal People's Government's English guide has an appendix titled List of Other Medical Institutions Providing Full-process Foreign Language Services. It is a table of district, institution name and service languages. The institutions in it whose English names contain Dental or Stomatolog are listed below in alphabetical order. Being on the list is not a recommendation.

Beijing Joinway Dental Clinic (北京久汇口腔诊所). Dongcheng District. Listed language: English.
Beijing Newjoy Dental Clinic (北京新怡口腔诊所). Dongcheng District. Listed language: English.
Beijing One-Stop Dental Hospital (北京极简口腔医院). Chaoyang District. Listed language: English.
Beijing Stomatological Hospital Capital Medical University (首都医科大学附属北京口腔医院). Dongcheng District. Listed languages: English, Japanese.
Beijing Taikang Bybo Dental (北京泰康拜博口腔医院). Dongcheng District. Listed language: English.
Beijing Yoen Dental Clinic (北京悠恩齿科口腔诊所). Shunyi District. Listed language: English.
Peking University Hospital of Stomatology International Clinical Division (北京大学口腔医院国合门诊部). Haidian District. Listed languages: English, Japanese, Korean.
Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology (北京大学口腔医院). Haidian District. Listed languages: English, Japanese, Korean.
Tianzhu Clinic of Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology (北京大学口腔医院天竺门诊部). Shunyi District. Listed language: English.
Xingye Stomatological Hospital (大兴兴业口腔医院). Daxing District. Listed language: English.

Dental-type entries in Shanghai's directory

The Shanghai Municipal People's Government's English International Medical Services directory has entries for two dental-type institutions. They are listed here alphabetically, with the details the directory gives.

Shanghai Great People Branemark Osseointegration Center

The directory lists the address as Room 303, Main Building of East Asian Bank Building, 66 Shiqiao Road, Pudong New Area. It lists the number 021-6109-3800 and the hours Monday to Saturday, 9 am - 5:30 pm.

Stomatology Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University

The directory lists the address as Alley 399, Middle Yanchang Road, Jing'an district. It lists the number 021-6652-8783 and the hours 8 am - 5 pm.

What this page does not cover

Other cities. Only the Beijing and Shanghai lists above were read, so dental institutions in other cities are not covered.
Licence status. The lists do not say whether a given institution holds a licence, and this page does not say either.
Treatment and fees. No treatments, prices or outcomes are described or compared.
Live details. Lists, numbers and hours can change after the check date.

Questions people ask

Does a dental clinic in China need a practising licence?

The regulation says no unit or individual may carry out diagnosis and treatment without the Medical Institution Practising Licence or without filing, and that clinics may practise after filing.

Who registers medical institutions?

The regulation says it is handled by a health administration department of the people's government, and the first list above gives the routes it sets out.

Does a listing mean a dental clinic is better?

No. The Beijing list and the Shanghai directory are lists of institutions, and this page puts them in alphabetical order only. Questions about your own appointment, fees or insurance claim are for the clinic or your insurer to answer.

Sources

Each source above was read on the date shown. This page is an unofficial summary of general information. It is not published by the bodies named above and is not medical advice. If it differs from their own pages, their own pages prevail, and rules and lists may change after the check date.

Details come from the hospital’s own English or bilingual page as read on the dates shown in each source note; this is an unofficial summary, not medical advice, and may have changed since. Medical and legal notice.