传承口腔历史,弘扬口腔文化——我国口腔医学博物馆建设回顾与展望

Inheriting history of stomatology and promoting culture of stomatology-retrospect and prospect of construction of museums of stomatology in China

博物馆记载了自然的发展历程,呈现了人类历史的演进轨迹,是学习自然科学与社会科学的重要场所,也是开展相关研究的重要机构。20世纪30年代以来,口腔医学博物馆在中国大地逐渐出现,至20世纪80年代呈现出蓬勃发展的态势。其中标志性成果是空军军医大学口腔医院建立的国际口腔医学博物馆,该馆在展陈面积、展览内容、收藏文物、全球影响等诸多方面都堪称一流,是中国医学走向世界的一张名片。目前,该馆已成为国内著名的“医学人文教育基地”和“科普教育基地”。口腔医学博物馆承载了文物收藏、历史传承、学术研究、科普教育等多方面功能,今后仍将不断建设,深化内涵,使口腔保健、口腔医学能够通过博物馆的宣传深入人心,达到全民爱牙、护牙之目的。

Museums document the development of nature and present the evolution of human history,are important places to study natural and social sciences and to conduct related research.Since the 1930s,museums of stomatology have gradually emerged in China,with a boom in 1980s.International Museum of Stomatology founded by Hospital of Stomatology of the Air Force Medical University is one of the landmark achievements,excellent in exhibition area,exhibition content,collections of cultural relics and global influence,and regarded as a business card of Chinese medicine to the world.International Museum of Stomatology currently has been a well-known Education Center for Medical Humanities as well as Science Education Center in China.It carries various functions such as collection of cultural relics,inheritance of history,academic research and popular science education,etc.This museum will be constructed steadily and extensively,so that oral health care and stomatology might penetrate into people’s hearts through the publicity of the museum and achieve the purpose of universal love and care of teeth.