FALLS CHURCH, Va. (NNS) -- From the trenches of World War I to the battlefields of Afghanistan, the Navy's Dental Corps continues to move forward as they begin their second century of service.
With more than 1,300 active and Reserve officers, the Dental Corps has matured into a world-class dental health care organization providing care for Sailors, Marines, military beneficiaries and countless others. "If the fighting force has high-quality dental care they will be effective warfighters," said Lt. Cmdr. Andrea Lisell, a Navy dentist and now a second year endodontic resident at the Naval Post-Graduate school located at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, in Bethesda, Md. "'Fit to bite, fit to fight,' is a common phrase heard around the dental clinics when I was stationed at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Paris Island, S.C." Navy dentists routinely deploy aboard more than 46 ships as well as part of Marine Expeditionary Units, as individual augmentees (IA) to places like Guantanamo Bay, Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, the Horn of Africa and across the Pacific. They do this while maintaining high operational readiness and setting the standard for excellence, research, humanitarian assistance, health promotion and prevention around the world.
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