This year Dr. Sima was quoted in the Wall Street Journal on what tracking oral health could look like in the future. The article discusses how clinicians and researchers are envisioning the next generation of methods to create and quantify personal data, with the aim of using the information to boost health and happiness in a personalized manner. "For example, night guards or other devices that measure specific biomarkers in saliva could uncover disease, such as inflammation of the gums that is linked to diabetes," says Dr. Sima. "Camera-enabled toothbrushes could serve as oral scanners, beaming real-time information to dentists, who could use machine learning to sift through the data to determine whether patients need to come in for a visit." Follow the next blog for a more in depth discussion by Dr. Sima on the most promising new or futuristic technologies that could improve oral health.
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