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Immunizations

  Why Should You Vaccinate? Vaccines teach your immune system how to create antibodies that protect you from diseases. It's much safer for your immune system to create antibodies from vaccination than by catching the disease. Once your immune system knows how to fight a disease, it can often protect you for many years. We now have vaccines to prevent more than 20 life-threatening diseases, helping people of all ages live longer, healthier lives. With the help of vaccination, we have seen many diseases become less of . . .

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LB SMILES

  LB SMILES   Loup Basin Smiles is a fluoride varnish program for preschools and elementary schools in LBPHD's 9 county district. We provide this program every school year to help reduce oral disease and improve the oral health of our students. LBPHD uses licensed dental hygienists to perform oral screenings and apply fluoride varnish treatments to children's teeth. The program reaches over 2,000 students . . .