D I D Y O U K N O W ?

𝗧𝗢𝗢𝗧𝗛 𝗗𝗘𝗖𝗔𝗬 – “is caused by acids that eat into the surface of the tooth.The germs that are present in plaque and cause tooth decay, love to eat sugar and create acid as they do so. It is this acid that attacks the teeth.” (𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮: 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥’𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘩 : 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥’𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘶𝘮𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘺. (2003). 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘒𝘦𝘮𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘞𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 ; 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘒𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘥. — 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯 : 𝘏𝘢𝘮𝘭𝘺𝘯).

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This February is 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵 by virtue of Proclamation No. 559, s. 2004 signed by former President Gloria M. Arroyo. The purpose of this declaration is to intensify the national call for the importance of taking care of our oral health. The #NationalLibraryPH joins the celebration through this informative library material about Dental Health that you may borrow and read in the library.

Let’s 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗 with a 𝗦𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗘 here at NLP!