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The Military Health System is an interconnected network of service members whose mission is to support the lives and families of those who support our country. Everyday in the MHS advancements are made in the lab, in the field, and here at home. These are just a few articles highlighting those accomplishments that don't always make it to the front page of local papers.

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Dec. 16, 2024

Protecting Warfighter Readiness One Smile at a Time

U.S. Naval Hospital Bremerton's oral surgery team recently visited nearby Bud Hawk Elementary School to promote Children’s Dental Health Month, which included teaching a classroom full of first graders the importance of brushing all surfaces of their teeth and flossing properly with visual aids and props. Dentistry is vital for service member readiness, and lack of care might temporarily derail a mission. (Photo by Douglas Stutz/U.S. Navy)

Dentistry isn't the first thing that pops into one's mind when it comes to sailor and submariner readiness. Yet having to be taken via medevac off a vessel in the far-flung Pacific Ocean because of an abscessed tooth wouldn't be the best way for a sailor to get on their commander's good side.

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