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The Dentist Is In

Ateneo develops AI tool that will ‘revolutionize’ dentistry

SCIENTISTS in Taiwan and the Ateneo de Manila University have developed an Artificial Intelligence tool that detects with high accuracy a sinus infection that...

Oral health, from global to local

(By Dr. Joseph D. Lim and Dr. Kenneth Lester Lim) THE NEED for global action on oral health has received unprecedented attention. This is because many...

Oral health and frailty

(By Dr. Joseph D. Lim and Dr. Kenneth Lester Lim) BY THE MIDDLE of this century, one in four people will be aged 60 years...

Ateneo, Taiwan scientists develop AI tool that will ‘revolutionize’ dentistry

(By Dr. Joseph D. Lim and Dr. Kenneth Lester Lim) SCIENTISTS in Taiwan and the Ateneo de Manila University have developed an Artificial Intelligence tool...

Alzheimer’s and oral health

(By Dr. Joseph D. Lim and Dr. Kenneth Lester Lim) ALZHEIMER'S might be lurking in gum disease. Research at the University of Louisville has discovered Porphyromonas...

A third set of teeth

(By Dr. Joseph D. Lim and Dr. Kenneth Lester Lim) THE JAPANESE have developed showed a way to regrow teeth in animals. Can human teeth...

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...