It was in the 1950's, when oral hygiene was not yet a major concern and dental schools were few in Taiwan, that the dentist Chou Ju-chuan decided to set up the Chung Shan Dental College, which was to begin admitting students through the examination system in 1960.
民國四十年代初期，口腔衛生尚未受重視，而那時除了國防醫學院以外，台大、高醫等都沒有牙醫系，於是名牙醫師周汝川等人籌議創辦一所專業化牙科學校﹘﹘中山牙專，並於民國四十九年加入聯考招生。但是，興學的計畫卻起了風波。