Story by Bernard Little | Walter Reed National Military Medical Center | 02.01.2024
Feb. 1 begins National Children’s Dental Health Month, observed to bring awareness to the importance of oral health and “how it can positively impact the entire body,” shared Navy Cmdr. (Dr.) Bradley Bennett, Hospital Dental Department Chief, Pediatric Dentistry at Walter Reed. Bennett explained that teeth are not only important for proper chewing and nutrition intake, but also for......
Story by Shireen Bedi | Air Force Medical Service | 04.27.2020
In March, the U.S. Air Force began deferring routine and non-urgent dental care to slow the spread of COVID-19. In alignment with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, American Dental Association and Department of Defense policies, most dental care has been deferred, with the exception of emergencies, cases considered medically necessary, and care for deploying and deployed personnel....
Story by Lance Cpl. Faeth Webb | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 05.04.2019
PONCE, Puerto Rico - Military service carries the promise of exciting opportunities to expand your horizons and meet people and cultures you otherwise never would have known. At Innovative Readiness Training Puerto Rico 2019, U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan Pyne experienced that firsthand....
Story by Senior Airman Destinee Sweeney | Joint Task Force Bravo | 10.11.2018
Members of Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element provided care for children from a local orphanage at a clinic in Comayagua, Oct. 11....
Story by Sgt. Quentin Johnson | 211th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 08.21.2016
Story by Sgt. Quentin Johnson 211th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment FORT MCCOY, Wis. – U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers with the 965th Dental Company, out of Seagoville, Texas, took part in the Global Medic Exercise at Fort McCoy, Aug. 13-26, 2016....
Story by Cpl. Grace L. Waladkewics | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 02.12.2015
Sailors assigned to Cherry Point’s Naval Health Clinic visited students at Graham A. Barden Elementary School in Havelock, N.C., Feb. 12, to promote healthy smiles and good oral hygiene....
Story by Staff Sgt. Cooper Cash | 319th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 08.19.2013
The toothbrush has been around for more than 5,000 years, with bristles being added around 500 years ago. The device's impact on oral hygiene is immeasurable, but its basic shape and function is virtually unchanged. If it isn’t broke, why fix it?...
