Alarming sugar consumption
THE SUGAR consumption habits in the United Kingdom is alarming.
In what it calls âstaggeringâ numbers, the Oral Health Foundation says that eight out of...
Ancient teeth reveal new human species (Part 2)
BETWEEN three million years ago (or Ma) and 2.5 Ma, there were as many as four hominin lineages living in eastern Africa.
They were the...
Ancient teeth reveal new human species (Part 1)
(By Dr. Joseph D. Lim and Dr. Kenneth Lester Lim)
TEETH millions of years old reveal a new human species, turning the story of evolution...
Bad breath
HALITOSIS comes from the Latin word âhalitus,â or breath, and the Greek suffix â-osis,â meaning disease.
It is, simply put, bad breath.
One of the causes...
Cart before the horse?
THE DRINKING water system in the Philippines has no fluoride to prevent tooth decay.
Instead, fluoride is available is toothpaste and other oral health care...
From urine to dental implant
(By Dr. Joseph D. Lim and Dr. Kenneth Lester Lim)
HUMAN urine may be used in dental implants. Believe It or Not.
Improbable that may be, researchers at the University of...
Your gums and heart rhythm
THERE IS danger lurking in your gums, new research from Hiroshima University shows.
Itâs the bacterium Porphyromonas gingivalis (P. gingivalis) that causes gum disease, according...
75 years of research excellence
FOR 75 YEARS now, the International Dental Journal (IDJ) has shared significant dental research and clinical practice to oral health practitioners worldwide.
Since 1951 it published public...
Da Vinci, a dentist and the elegance of the universe
(By Dr. Joseph D. Lim and Dr. Kenneth Lester Lim)
MORE LIKELY than not, youâve seen it before: Leonardo da Vinciâs Vitruvian Man.
Drawn circa 1490,...
America in trouble
IT IS TRUE that in these social media times, reading hard copy may not be the norm. Still, we love the feel and convenience...