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It’s all smiles at

56DS

TOP LEFT: Staff Sgt. Photos by Senior Airman James Hensley
Derek Podesta, 56th
DS central instru- Andrea Dodd, 56th Dental Squadron dental assistant, cleans the teeth of
ment processing Tech. Sgt. Adam Grimm, 56th Civil Engineer Squadron explosives ord-
center NCO-in- nance disposal craftsman, at Luke Air Force Base.
charge, wraps steril-
ized instruments
at Luke. Podesta
ensures sterilized
dental instruments
are maintained and
available for use by
the dental staff.

RIGHT: Senior Air-
man Dennis Davila,
56th DS dental labo-
ratory technician,
waxes a crown at
Luke.

Dr. Rick Dougherty, 56th Dental Squadron contract dentist, and Karen St. Aubin, Staff Sgt. Letitia Eiss, 56th Dental Squadron records and reception NCO-in-charge,
56th DS dental technician, replace a stainless steel crown with a porcelain crown maintains patient records at Luke. The 56th DS serves more than 3,000 patients.
for Airman 1st Class Reginald Hudson, 56th Medical Group x-ray technician.