Essential dental services (Part 2)
SCREENING and triaging of patients should be conducted before dental appointments.
This is the advice of the World Health Organization (WHO) which has issued an...
Essential dental services (Part 1)
THE WORLD Health Organization’s (WHO) has issued an Interim Guidance for essential oral health services in the context of COVID-19.
The document deals with specific...
COVID testing by dentists (Part 2)
POINT-of-care screening by dentists for other diseases is long overdue.
Because the mouth is a window to the body, dentists have detected diseases such as...
COVID testing by dentists (Part 1)
SCREENING patients for chronic diseases and other medical conditions, including COVID-19, is within a dentist’s scope of practice.
The new policy on ‘’point-of-care testing’’ was...
COVID and stress
WE CONTINUE our focus on how COVID-19 has significantly affected oral health care.
This time, we feature Dr. Kevin Hogan who raises awareness on the...
COVID barriers
FOR MANY people, the pandemic has meant putting dental appointments on hold.
Many have postponed appointments because of the high risk of coronavirus transmission and...
Good news, bad news
MORE and more children do not experience tooth decay. Worldwide.
“The actual figures indicate that a low level of caries‐free children aged 5‐6 was frequent...
Dental gaps
THE INEQUITIES between countries in the prevention of oral disease is “substantial”.
This is the conclusion of a survey undertaken in 2017‐2018, and initiated by...
Cavities and oral candida
IT IS DIFFICULT to pronounce and hard to spell.
Sjögren’s syndrome is a disorder of the immune system which causes dry eyes and a dry...
To floss or not to floss
FLOSSING is not a Filipino habit.
I know a lot out there who floss. However, the toothbrush is the standard tool for oral health care...