Guidelines to protect patients, dentists
THE PHILIPPINE Dental Association (PDA) Science Committee has issued guidelines on protocols to protect patients, dentists and the dental staff.
Together with the PDAâs specialty...
Fear factor
ITâS CALLED dentophobia. Or fear of the dentist, fear of going to the dental clinic and/or fear of sitting on the dental chair.
It could...
Lupus and gum disease (Part 2)
INTERESTINGLY enough, hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is used as medication for lupus.
Rappler, the online news platform, reported in late April that lupus patients in the Philippines...
Lupus and gum disease (Part 1)
YOU MAY be too young to remember this, but the late President Ferdinand Marcos was associated with lupus, a long-term and painful disease.
It was...
A continuing struggle
Filipino dentists are not alone, struggling with how to re-open clinics without compromising the safety of patients, the dental staff and the dentist.
I believe...
The age of COVID-19
LESS Americans are seeing their dentists in the new normal.
In a world that has vastly changed in just a little over three months or...
Teledentistry
DR. MELISSA Turner calls it âthe elephant in the room.â
The phrase comes from an English idiom for an important and controversial issue that everyone...
âStar Warsâ look
AN APTLY named article caught our attention recently.
The article â âOpen wide: US dentists quickly rebuild after virus shutdownâ â starts with the statement,...
The cost of dental care
HOLD your breath: $136 billion.
Thatâs the total annual costs in America related to dental care â as estimated by the US. Centers for Disease...
Sugar and oral health (Part 2)
WE DWELL on sugar and oral health at this point in time of the pandemic because for some if not many of us, there...