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                    [Title] => Oral Health Basics
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Oral disease is a serious public health problem in the Philippines. Nearly nine of 10 Filipinos have dental caries, meaning tooth decay and cavity. The figures are alarming, especially with 97.1 percent of six-year-old children having the problem, mostly manifesting symptoms of dentinogenic infection.

[DatePublished] => 2015-02-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1536621 [AuthorName] => Nathan Cabello [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 458433 [Title] => Majority of Region VII pupils lack dental care [Summary] =>

The latest National Oral Health Survey revealed that 89.9 percent of Grade One pupils in Central Visayas are having dental caries commonly called as tooth decay. About 69.7 percent of pupils 12 years old or those in Grade Six suffer the disease.

[DatePublished] => 2009-04-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 455624 [Title] => DepEd launches personal hygiene, oral care program [Summary] =>

CEBU, Philippines – The Department of Education is implementing a comprehensive personal hygiene and oral healthcare program for students at a lower cost to decrease absenteeism and dropouts in schools.

[DatePublished] => 2009-04-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 404115 [Title] => Dental health, mighty muscles & milk [Summary] => People run into many health problems as they reach adulthood; they could have easily prevented this by developing healthy ... [DatePublished] => 2008-10-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) ) )
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