The cost of treatment
THE COST of treatment and prevention of oral diseases is heavy, according to the WHO country profile. The national expenditure on dental healthcare in...
Strategies in place, or the lack of it
(By Dr. Joseph D. Lim and Dr. Kenneth Lester Lim, BS-MMG, DDM, MSc-OI)
WITH THESE measures (among many others), the implementation of a policy, strategy or action plan for oral...
Burden of Oral Disease
(By Dr. Joseph D. Lim and Dr. Kenneth Lester Lim, BS-MMG, DDM, MSc-OI)
THE PREVALENCE of untreated caries of deciduous teeth in Filipino children 1-9 years old...
Innovative interventions
(By Dr. Joseph D. Lim and Dr. Kenneth Lester Lim, BS-MMG, DDM, MSc-OI)
FLUORIDE toothpaste as a hygiene commodity and as a product that prevents...
The cost of toothpaste (Part 2)
(By Dr. Joseph D. Lim and Dr. Kenneth Lester Lim, BS-MMG, DDM, MSc-OI)IT IS MORE expensive for Filipinos to buy toothpaste than it is for people...
The cost of toothpaste (Part 1)
(By Dr. Joseph D. Lim and Dr. Kenneth Lester Lim, BS-MMG, DDM, MSc-OI)
IT IS SAD to know that toothpaste is too expensive for low-income Filipinos.
Today, it...
Dentists to the Barrios (Part 1)
(By Dr. Joseph D. Lim and Dr. Kenneth Lester Lim, BS-MMG, DDM, MSc-OI)
BEYOND “Doctors to the Barrio”, it is also time to field “Dentists...
Doctors to the Barrios
(By Dr. Joseph D. Lim and Dr. Kenneth Lester Lim, BS-MMG, DDM, MSc-OI)
IT’S BEEN 20 years since Dr. Juan M. Flavier started the Doctors to the Barrio program in...
Dear Abby
(By Dr. Joseph D. Lim and Dr. Kenneth Lester Lim, BS-MMG, DDM, MSc-OI)
“IT’S DISGUSTING.”
That’s how a letter to Abigail Van Buren describes the writer’s...
Illegal dentistry
(By Dr. Joseph D. Lim and Dr. Kenneth Lester Lim, BS-MMG, DDM, MSc-OI)
AN EVER-expanding need and demand for dental care, oral health and esthetics...