History of the University of Osaka Dental Hospital
*Osaka University changes its official English name to "The University of Osaka in April, 2025.
| 1926 | Dental divisioin was established in Osaka Prefectional Medical Schoool. |
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| 1931 | Osaka Prefectional Medical Schoool became School of Medicine, Osaka Imperial University, Osaka Imperial University, and the Department of Dentistry was established. |
| 1947 | Osaka Imperial University was renamed to Osaka University |
| 1950 | The establishment of a dental department at Osaka University's Faculty of Medicine. |
| 1953 | Independence from the Osaka University Hospital. The launch of the first national university dental hospital in Western Japan with 7 clinical departments and 27 beds |
| 1955 | Department of Oral Surgery 2 was established. |
| 1962 | Pharmacy Department was established. |
| 1966 | The number of beds increased to 40 |
| 1972 | Department of Oral Radiology was established.Oral Radiology was established. |
| 1973 | Division for Maxillofacial Disorders was established. |
| 1975 | Department of Pediatric Dentistry was established. |
| 1976 | Nursing Department was established. |
| 1978 | Clinical Laboratory was established. |
| 1982 | Department of Dental Anesthesia was established. |
| 1983 | Commenced operations upon its relocation from Nakanoshima to the Suita campus. |
| 1988 | Division of Special Care Dentistry was established. |
| 1989 | The Facilty for the High Dose Radiation Therapy was completed. |
| 1996 | Completion of the MRT-CT building construction. |
| 1997 | Division for Interdisciplinry Dentistry was established. |
| 1999 | Vice Director of the Dental Hospital was newly assigned. |
| 2004 | National University Corpoation Osaka University was founded. |
| 2007 | Division of Quality and Safetytt Management was established. General Dentistry Treatment Center was established. |
| 2010 | Center for Translational Dental Research was established. |
| 2013 | Center for Cleft Lip and Plate Treatment was established. |
| 2015 | Center for Global Oral Health was established. |
| 2018 | Center for Oral Cancer was established. Center for Dental Implant was established. |
| 2021 | Joint Research Division for Oral Dada Science was established. (Until March 2025) |
| 2024 | Division for Oral Dental Informatics was established. |