https://www.scmp.com/rss/322761/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com As practitioners with combined clinical experience of more than 70 years, we have learned that folk wisdom often stands the test of time. Benjamin Franklin, the scientist-philosopher-politician whose face adorns the US$100 bill, coined the expression, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”. Governments facing steeply rising health care bills should remember Franklin’s advice. Recent clinical studies of elderly people indicate that those who have kept their teeth, or even have... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1970291/open-wide-its-time-see-dentistry-essential-part-holistic?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1970291/open-wide-its-time-see-dentistry-essential-part-holistic?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 10 Jun 2016 04:33:57 +0000