Chengdu Report:Oral health museum shines light on medical history

A free oral health education museum is due to open next to the West China Hospital of Stomatology in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, in October.

"The museum is the first of its kind in China," said Fu Tianxing, an official responsible for the museum.

The museum will be housed in an old, traditional-styled building built in 1936 and will have an exhibition area of 1,000 square meters.