As an interdisciplinary of stomatology and space medicine, space oral medicine focuses mainly on oral diseases happened under space environment. With the manned space technology stepping into the new era, space oral medicine has been put under the spotlight. This article will review the historical events on this subject, summarize the newly progress especially on craniomaxillofacial bone, tooth-derived stem cell and oral microbiology researches and still put forward future prospect.
航天口腔医学作为口腔医学与航天医学的交叉学科，主要着眼于太空特殊环境中人类口腔相关疾病的研究。随着载人航天技术的发展步入新纪元，航天口腔医学也受到人们日益广泛的关注。本文回顾了航天口腔医学的研究历史，总结了微重力环境对颅颌面骨、牙源性干细胞、口腔微生物的影响，并对航天口腔医学的发展前景进行了展望。