[Return of humanities in stomatology].

There has been a paradox in China that the patients' satisfaction does not increase with the rapid development of medical sciences and the increasingly improved medical conditions. One important reason for this phenomenon is the absence of humanistic education in medical and stomatological educations. For medical personnel, the medical humanistic quality is essential and the reinforcement of medical humanistic education is an inevitable course for cultivating qualified doctors and developing medical sciences. The recently published textbooks, i.e. Stomatology Humanities and "Consensus of Chinese experts on humanistic education of stomatology", are two cases of the efforts made by Chinese dental workers for the improvement of stomatological education. The humanistic quality of dental personnel will contribute to the return of the stomatology humanity, the cultivation of dental personnel and the development of stomatology.