Oral microbial community, as an important part of human microbial community, is closely related to oral and general health. Oral microbiological research has become the forefront of international microbiological research. Standardized and unified nomenclature for oral microorganisms in Chinese is of great significance to support the development of oral medicine research. Standardized translation of microbial names is the basis for writing canonical and authoritative professional textbooks and reference books, which helps students to accurately acquire the characteristics and classifications of oral microbes. Unified translation of oral microorganisms is also conducive to academic communication and cooperation, and plays an important role in oral health education and science popularization, which enables oral microbiology knowledge to be accurately disseminated to the public. Therefore, in order to standardize the words in scientific research, funding application, publications, academic exchanges and science popularization within the field of oral medicine, we have fully discussed and revised the Chinese names of oral microorganisms in 2017 edition and ones of newly discovered oral microbes, finally reaching a consensus to form the 2023 edition of Chinese names of oral microorganisms.
口腔微生物群落作为人体微生物群落的重要组成部分，与口腔健康及全身健康都有密切联系。口腔微生物研究已成为国际微生物研究领域的前沿。规范统一的口腔微生物中文译名对支撑口腔医学发展意义重大。规范的微生物译名是编写专业教材和参考书的基础，有助于学生准确地掌握口腔微生物的特征与分类。统一的中文译名可为口腔医学研究人员之间的交流与合作提供语言基础。规范的中文译名对开展口腔健康教育和科普也具有重要作用，有利于口腔微生物学知识的准确传播，增强全民口腔健康意识。因此，为规范口腔医学领域的科学研究、基金申报、专著教材编写、论著发表、学术交流、科学普及等，专家学者对口腔微生物名称（2017版）和新近发现的口腔微生物译名进行了充分的讨论和修订，达成共识，形成口腔微生物译名（2023版）。.