Given the cessation of active hostilities, members of the unit can have all dental needs looked after from 09:00-15:00 hours at the medical tent. All soldiers, particularly soldiers with persistent dental health problems are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity, as it is unsure when it will occur again in the near future.

Profile: The Visiting Dentist Offers his Views on Soldiering and Dental Hygiene

You'd be surprised how many men who have faced combat are afraid of the dentist. You'd think after shooting men in the jungle and risking death every moment of your life, that walking into a dentist's office would seem like nothing. But sometimes when a solider walks into a dentist's office, he's not a soldier any more. He's like a little kid walking into the office without his mother to give him a lollypop if everything goes well. Sometimes the biggest and most powerful soldiers are the ones who are the most afraid. I think it's because they can't admit they ar

e afraid, even to themselves. If a guy says, "Doc, I'm scared," I can give him something for the pain. Sometimes just telling the truth makes a guy feel better. But when a guy can't tell the truth about his own fears I know he's in trouble and I'm in trouble.

Why I Am Not a Coward-an Editorial by Curt Lemon

I am writing this letter to the platoon as an open statement about an alleged incident I believe was inaccurately reported. It was said that I fainted out of fear the first time I went to the camp dentist. This is a flat-out lie. First of all, I have never been afraid of anything in my life. Second of all, I certainly wouldn't be afraid of going to the dentist. They said I fainted in the chair and had to be carried to a nearby cot by some of the men. But if I did faint, it was only because I was in so much pain that I passed out, rather than tell the dentist I was in pain. I offer as proof the fact that I had to have another tooth pulled (a supposedly good tooth that the dentist apparently missed the first time he exa

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