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When you join the Army Health Care Team, you become part of a committed team of Health Care professionals who have the same goals that you do. The collaborative environment you'll encounter may be unmatched in the civilian sector. You'll be surrounded by peers, not competitors, as you work alongside dedicated medical professionals.
Meet some members of the Dental Corps Team in the videos above, as they talk about their experiences being a part of the Army Health Care Team.
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2nd lieutenant Martha Morales
Dental Student - Chicago, IL (HPSP)
Lieutenant Morales has wanted to be a dentist since she was five years old. She is grateful to the Army's Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP) for paying for three years of dental school. "With this scholarship, I'm able to ... serve my country and practice the profession that I love so much."
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Major Michele Pawlowicz
General Dentist (Reserve) - Pittsburgh, PA
Major Pawlowicz finds that being a dentist in the Army Reserve leaves her time to be with her husband and daughter, and additionally provides personal and professional benefits she wishes she had been aware of earlier in her career. Her sincerity is evident when she talks about the pride she feels in caring for our Soldiers.
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Captain Christine Cerar
Endodontic Resident - Fort Bragg, NC
Captain Cerar admits she feels "kind of spoiled" by the level of top technology and state-of-the-art facilities available to her as a resident in the United States Army. "It's phenomenal," she says. "It doesn't begin to compare with the civilian world where that kind of environment just doesn't exist."
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Since I was five 2nd Lieutenant. Martha Morales - Dental Student
Its Amazing Major Michele Pawlowicz - General Dentist (Reserve)
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My name is Martha Morales. I'm a Second Lieutenant in the Army. I have an HPSP dental scholarship, and I'm currently a student at the University of Illinois, at the Chicago College of Dentistry. The Army is paying for three out of my four years of dental school.
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I've always wanted to be a dentist ever since I was five years old, but I've also always had an appreciation for the military, and I respect people who give back to their country. With this scholarship, I'm able to do both, serve my country and practice the profession that I love so much.
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Practicing dentistry in the Army is just like practicing dentistry on the outside, except for in the Army you work in a group practice with other doctors, so you can learn from them, and also if you need to leave, and take a vacation or something, you know your patients are going to be taken care of.
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The Army has the most advanced dental technology out there. If it's new and it's good, then the Army's going to have it.
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They do a lot of implants, which is a new thing in dentistry.
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And I'm really excited about implants because it replaces the missing tooth, and it matches the missing natural tooth that was lost.
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This machine right here is a panoramic machine that takes digital radiographs. And digital radiographs is another thing that is very current in dentistry.
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When I visit Army facilities, especially their workout facilities, I notice that they're really well equipped, and it's really exciting to know that I have access to all the equipment they have to offer.
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