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A sailor cleans a patient's teeth.

Teething Clean

Navy Lt. Cmdr. Shingmei Chang cleans a patient’s teeth at Youth Development Center Mangingisida in the Philippines, Aug. 2, 2022, during Pacific Partnership, a multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.

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