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Sailors wearing surgical masks and dental headlights perform a tooth extraction on a child.

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Navy Cmdr. Erik Anderson, left, and Lt. Cmdr. Wilson Jing conduct a tooth extraction on a child during a Pacific Partnership community health engagement in Wewak, Papua New Guinea, Oct. 18, 2023. Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific region.

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