Abstract: Objective: To improve and enhance postgraduate teaching methods and effects through the integration of courses centered on functional restoration of oral and maxillofacial defects. Methods: In 2020, according to the teaching idea of functional restoration of oral and maxillofacial defects, the First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital studied and decided to carry out the teaching reform and exploration of curriculum integration, then, a new curriculum was designed, planned and implemented in 2021. The teaching contents which included new technologies and progress, were integrated into two modules, one was masticatory function and appearance recovery, the other was speeching, swallowing and sucking function recovery. Results: After the course was integrated, the students’ understanding and relevance of the teaching contents, the satisfaction of teaching mode were significantly improved, and the difference was significant (P<0.01). The results of teaching assessment were also significantly improved, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.01). Conclusions: The integrated modular teaching practice was carried out smoothly, the teaching effects were improved significantly.

Key words: maxillofacial defects, functional restoration, postgraduate teaching, curriculum, integration