Naval Postgraduate Dental School (NPDS), a component of the Naval Medical Leader and Professional Development Command, plays a critical role in developing highly specialized dental officers who support both clinical excellence and operational missions across Navy Medicine. Among these missions is forensic identification, an essential function in honoring fallen service members and supporting their families.
Naval Postgraduate Dental School (NPDS) faculty members Cmdr. Sasha Betz, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department, and Cmdr. Michael Andersen, Maxillofacial Prosthodontists Department, were recently awarded Best Technique Report by the American College of Prosthodontists’ 2025 Journal of Prosthodontics for their co-authored paper, “Dental Prosthesis Extraoral Indexing and Pick-Up Technique For Mandibular Full Arch Immediate...
Naval Medical Leader and Professional Development Command held its annual 4-week in-person Military Tropical Medicine (MTM) didactic course, followed by a 2-week hands-on field experience throughout eight tropical infectious disease endemic locations around the globe during August 2025.
