On Monday, July 28th, a delegation of six, including Dean Zhang Dongsheng, from Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University in China, paid a courtesy visit to Director Yamashiro of the University of Osaka Dental Hospital and Director Shumei Murakami of the Center for Global Oral Health.

Dean Kazuhiko Nakano of the Graduate School of Dentistry also attended the meeting.
Discussions focused on potential future student exchanges and research collaborations between the two institutions.
Following the meeting, the delegation toured the hospital facilities, visiting the Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Prosthodontics and Implantology, Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics, and Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics.