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2ND DENTAL SQUADRON

MISSION: Provide Superior Oral Health Care and Education to Ensure Global Ready Airmen

VISION: World Class Dental Care Team…Trusted, Innovative & Ready

COMMANDERS INTENT: SMILE COMM-2 (Sharp-7, Mentorship, Integrity, Legacy, Enjoy your service, Commitment, Communicate)

ACHIEVEMENTS

AFGSC Large Dental Clinic OTY ’17
AFGSC Best Ambulatory Patient Safety Program OTY ‘17
AFGSC Educator OTY Lt Col Leon Nieh ‘17

BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. — The 2nd Dental Squadron's residency program provides Airmen a variety of general dentistry and surgical options to include orthodontic procedures and dental implants. Staff Sgt. Mozer Da Cunha, 2nd Bomb Wing Public Affairs photojournalist, takes the final step to have his dental implant procedure completed.

Col. Ty Newman, left, 2 Bomb Wing Commander, joined the 2nd Dental Squadron staff and community partners for a ribbon cutting ceremony at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., March 3,2017. The building is a one story modern facility constructed in 1976. It consists of 40 treatment rooms equipped with modern dental units and a Central Instrument Sterilization Processing Center. The renovation took two years and 28 days., included a 1,763 square-foot addition, a gain of three treatment rooms, including new dental chairs and cabinetry, and a new lobby.The Dental Squadron has four flights with 65 authorized military and civilian personnel. It provides dental care to over 5, 300 active duty Airmen. Barksdale's 2nd DS clinic is named after Major General George R. Kennebeck, the first Assistant Surgeon General for Dental Services. (U.S. Air Force photo by Nevardo Cayemitte/Released)

March 7, 2017

Dental Squadron cuts ribbon on renovated facility

Barksdale Air Force Base, La. — Col. Ty Neuman, left, 2 Bomb Wing Commander, joined the 2nd Dental Squadron staff and community partners for a ribbon cutting ceremony at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., March 3,2017.

Dental laboratory technicians with the 2nd Dental Squadron process service requests at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Feb. 12, 2016. The 2nd DS creates a variety of products including nightguards, retainers, crowns, bridges and implants to assist with dental care. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Mozer O. Da Cunha)

Feb. 17, 2016

Dental clinic provides same day crown service

BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. – — Dental laboratory technicians with the 2nd Dental Squadron process service requests at Barksdale Air

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