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Monday, August 31, 2026

The Dentist Is In

Dental care after heart attack

(By Dr. Joseph D. Lim and Dr. Kenneth Lester Lim, BS-MMG, DDM, MSc-OI) PATIENTS who receive dental care after a heart attack are better off. A...

Shaping the future

(By Dr. Joseph D. Lim and Dr. Kenneth Lester Lim, BS-MMG, DDM, MSc-OI) DR. ISHITA Singh and Dr. Leah Leinbach are practicing dentists. Between them, they...

Vampire teeth

(By Dr. Joseph D. Lim and Dr. Kenneth Lester Lim, BS-MMG, DDM, MSc-OI) THEY’RE CALLED canines, cuspids, or eye teeth. It’s the closest things humans have to fangs. The world has...

Sugar and tooth decay

(By Dr. Joseph D. Lim and Dr. Kenneth Lester Lim, BS-MMG, DDM, MSc-OI) DENTAL caries or tooth decay is more than just a pain. Severe dental...

No Sugar Day

(By Dr. Joseph D. Lim and Dr. Kenneth Lester Lim, BS-MMG, DDM, MSc-OI) EARLIER this year, the Indian Dental Association (IDA) and the World Dental...

Fintech

(By Dr. Joseph D. Lim and Dr. Kenneth Lester Lim, BS-MMG, DDM, MSc-OI) FINANCIAL technology is a new way to improve and automate financial services...

Oral health, mental health    

(By Dr. Joseph D. Lim and Dr. Kenneth Lester Lim, BS-MMG, DDM, MSc-OI) PATIENTS who have severe mental illness (SMI) are three times more likely...

Pediatric care, pandemic woes

(By Dr. Joseph D. Lim and Dr. Kenneth Lester Lim, BS-MMG, DDM, MSc-OI) WHAT we have known to have happened here in the Philippines has...

The silent danger of deep gum disease

(By Dr. Joseph D. Lim and Dr. Kenneth Lester Lim, BS-MMG, DDM, MSc-OI) AT ONE TIME or another, we have experienced gum disease. It’s a condition...

Brushing, flossing and gargling

(By Dr. Joseph D. Lim and Dr. Kenneth Lester Lim, BS-MMG, DDM, MSc-OI) THINK brushing teeth is just for show? To make your teeth appear pearly...