[Traditional Chinese oral medicine education in ancient Chinese official medical education system]

As an essential part of traditional Chinese medicine, traditional Chinese oral medicine is instructive to the prevention and treatment of oral diseases. In the inheritance and development of traditional stomatology from ancient times to the present, oral medicine education is highly crucial. Although a small number of documents have summarized the history of Chinese medicine education, the relevant records of the history of Chinese oral medicine education are scattered in numerous monographs. There are few summaries in current medical history researches and in which many errors and fallacies are found. This review sorts out and summarizes the emergence of ancient traditional oral medicine in China, the division of oral medicine in official medical education and the professional setting. In analyzing the developing process of traditional Chinese oral medicine education, this review provides a reference for the study of Chinese stomatology history.