Digital dental data
(By Dr. Joseph D. Lim and Dr. Kenneth Lester Lim)
THE FDI World Dental Federation recently released a landmark Consensus Statement on Integrated Electronic Health...
Sugar and tooth decay
(By Dr. Joseph D. Lim and Dr. Kenneth Lester Lim, BS-MMG, DDM, MSc-OI)
SUGAR IS the main culprit behind tooth decay – or dental caries.
The...
Dessert stomach
(By Dr. Joseph D. Lim and Dr. Kenneth Lester Lim, BS-MMG, DDM, MSc-OI)
SUGAR is sweet, sure. Overindulgence may also lead to dental caries, or tooth decay.
Dental caries develops when...
No health without oral health
(By Dr. Joseph D. Lim and Dr. Kenneth Lester Lim)
IN NOVEMBER 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) convened the first-ever Global oral health meeting...
Truth in labels
(By Dr. Joseph D. Lim and Dr. Kenneth Lester Lim, BS-MMG, DDM, MSc-OI)
AND TALKING of sugar and foods in our previous column, there are...
Sticky tricky foods
(By Dr. Joseph D. Lim and Dr. Kenneth Lester Lim, BS-MMG, DDM, MSc-OI)
THERE’S a simple folk wisdom on dental esthetics.
It goes like this: if a white T-shirt is stained,...
Virtual tongue
(By Dr. Joseph D. Lim and Dr. Kenneth Lester Lim, BS-MMG, DDM, MSc-OI)
HERE’S a taste of the future: an electronic tongue that imitates flavors.
That’s...
Global burden of oral diseases
(By Dr. Joseph D. Lim and Dr. Kenneth Lester Lim, BS-MMG, DDM, MSc-OI)
MORE THAN 70 million Filipinos have tooth decay. That’s half of our population.
The number comes from the...
Psychosocial dentistry
(By Dr. Joseph D. Lim and Dr. Kenneth Lester Lim, BS-MMG, DDM, MSc-OI)
ORAL HEALTH clearly belongs with general health.
Oral health has been linked with...
Anti-science myths
(By Dr. Joseph D. Lim and Dr. Kenneth Lester Lim, BS-MMG, DDM, MSc-OI)
WE CHANCED upon an excellent article on the myths circulating in social...