By Tony Perry
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
July 15, 2012
SAN DIEGO -- Two dentists and two Navy dental corpsmen are
working on the mouth of John Gardinier, an Army veteran who served in Vietnam
and now lives in Tijuana, Mexico, near the clinic where he can get methadone
for his drug addiction.
"It's no good to have teeth that are rotten,"
Gardinier, 64, had said as he waited to be treated at the dental services area
at the 25th annual Stand Down in San Diego for homeless and hard-luck military
veterans. The relief effort brings together dozens of government agencies,
nonprofits and volunteers to provide veterans with a variety of health and
social services.
Dr. Ben Kim, a volunteer and former Army soldier, and Dr.
Shay Razmi, head of the dental department at Naval Medical Center San Diego, hovered
over Gardinier - aided by dental corpsmen Brock Frost and Joshua Fallick.
Gardinier's remaining teeth show the ravages of age, drug
addiction, smoking and lack of care. The pain from those teeth that are rotten
and those that are worn to the roots had been intense and made it difficult for
Gardinier to eat. Read more here…
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