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According to the American Dental Association, an estimated 51 million school hours are lost each year due to dental-related absence. Although tooth decay is largely preventable, it remains the most common chronic disease of children aged 6 to 11 years and adolescents aged 12 to 19. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that tooth decay is four times more common than asthma among adolescents aged 14 to 17.
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At Womack Army Medical Center, nurses and providers get to be with people on some of the best days of their lives. They're there on days when new parents welcome their child into the world, days when patients find out they are cancer-free, days when chronic pain is overcome.
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