Recently, between the operating room of , , an operating room of , which is nearly 200 kilometers away from the Dental Hospital of Fujian Medical University, and Zherong County Hospital, four remote robot dental implants were successfully completed in 5G environment.

expert team remotely guided the implementation of robot dental implants in Fuzhou. Xinhuanet (Photo provided by the Stomatology Hospital of Fujian Medical University)
The expert team of the implant department of the Stomatology Hospital of Fujian Medical University has completed preoperative planning confirmation for patients far away in Zherong County Hospital through remote control of the robot transplant system. During the implantation process, the operation of positioning, drilling, drilling holes, and implanting teeth are automatically moved by the robotic arm in the patient's oral according to the planned path until the surgical plan approved by experts is completed. The stomatologist of Zherong County Hospital assisted in the implementation of manual operations such as disinfection and drill bit replacement on the spot.

Ningde Zherong County Hospital 5G Remote robot dental implant surgery site. Xinhuanet (Photo provided by the Stomatological Hospital Affiliated to Fujian Medical University)
It is reported that this is the first time in China that a remote robot is used to perform dental implant implants in a 5G environment.
Zherong County Dental Department is a link to the Dental Hospital Affiliated to Fujian Medical University. Chen Jiang’s famous doctor’s “Master-Teacher-Apprentice” studio also officially settled here in 2021. Professor Chen Jiang, the leader of the stomatology discipline of , Fujian Medical University, believes that the remote application of 5G+ robots has greatly improved the convenience of grassroots hospitals and patients, and can allow more patients to enjoy better medical services in the short term. In the long run, it can gradually improve the "pain points" of uneven distribution of medical resources and effectively improve the regional medical level. At the same time, telemedicine technology weakens the sense of distance, and experts from the two places can communicate in real time, achieve homogeneity of medical quality in remote mountainous areas and provincial urban hospitals, and promote technological improvement while popularizing advanced planting technology.

Professor Chen Jiang, an affiliated Dental Hospital of Fujian Medical University, remotely guided the team to perform the operation. Xinhuanet (Photo provided by the Stomatology Hospital of Fujian Medical University)
The implementation of remote robot dental implant implantation in 5G environment is an important measure for the Affiliated Oral Hospital of Fujian Medical University to implement the 2022 practical project of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government for the people - "Thousands of Doctors Go to the Grassroots" counterpart support for . It is also one of the "9.20 National Dental Love Day" series of activities organized by the Affiliated Oral Hospital of Fujian Medical University.