Dental Clinics
Dental Clinic 2
Directions
From the Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Lewis Main Gate (Interstate 5, Exit 120), continue straight on 41st Division Drive past the Exchange shopping complex on your right and past Pendleton Avenue. Continue past Stryker Avenue when 41st Division Drive becomes Railroad Avenue. Turn left onto South 14th Street and then make an immediate right turn into the Dental Clinic 2 parking lot.
About
Dental Clinic 2 provides all facets of general dentistry and specialty care offered only to active duty service members. Procedures performed include:
- Examinations
- Cleanings (Prophylaxis)
- Preventive Services (Fluoride, Sealants, Instruction)
- Tooth Fillings (Restorative)
- Root Canals (Endodontics)
- Gum Disease Treatment (Periodontics)
- Crown & Bridge, as needed
- Extractions (Oral Surgery)
- Removable Dentures, as needed
- Referral for complex oral rehabilitation, as needed
Dental Clinic 2 is home to the Advanced Education in General Dentistry Residency Program. This 12-month program provides professional post-doctoral training, encompassing closely supervised clinical and didactic experience in all major dental specialties. This program is designed to train competent, productive, efficient clinicians, capable of managing and providing complex multi-disciplinary treatment to a wide array of patients.
Dental Clinic 3
Directions
From the Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Lewis Main Gate (Interstate 5, Exit 120), continue straight on 41st Division Drive and turn right onto Pendleton Avenue. Turn right onto North Division Street. Turn right just past Utah Avenue into the Dental Clinic 3 parking lot. If you pass Greenwood Elementary School on your right, you have gone too far.
About
Dental Clinic 3 provides all facets of general dentistry and specialty care offered only to active duty service members. Procedures performed include:
- Examinations
- Cleanings (Prophylaxis)
- Preventive Services (Fluoride, Sealants, Instruction)
- Tooth Fillings (Restorative)
- Root Canals (Endodontics)
- Gum Disease Treatment (Periodontics)
- Crown & Bridge, as needed
- Extractions (Oral Surgery)
- Removable Dentures, as needed
- Referral for complex oral rehabilitation, as needed
Fulton Dental Clinic
Directions
From the Madigan Army Medical Center Gate (Interstate 5, Exit 122) continue on Jackson Ave. through three traffic lights and turn left at the fourth traffic light onto Transmission Line Road. Turn right on Mil Park Avenue. The Fulton Dental Clinic is collocated with the Winder Family Medical Clinic and can be found in the second building on right.
From the Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Lewis Main Gate (Interstate 5, Exit 120) turn left at the first light onto Colorado Avenue. Continue until the next traffic light, and turn left onto Jackson Avenue. At the second traffic light, turn right onto Transmission Line Road. Turn right on Mil Park Avenue. The Fulton Dental Clinic is collocated with the Winder Family Medical Clinic and can be found in the second building on right.
About
The Fulton Dental Clinic provides all facets of general dentistry and specialty care offered only to active duty service members. Procedures performed include:
- Examinations
- Cleanings (Prophylaxis)
- Preventive Services (Fluoride, Sealants, Instruction)
- Tooth Fillings (Restorative)
- Root Canals (Endodontics)
- Gum Disease Treatment (Periodontics)
- Crown & Bridge, as needed
- Extractions (Oral Surgery)
- Removable Dentures, as needed
- Referral for complex oral rehabilitation, as needed
History
Colonel, Retired Kenneth P. Fulton, Dental Corps
Dental Clinic Number One on Fort Lewis was memorialized on March 14, 1980, in honor of Colonel Kenneth P. Fulton.
Kenneth Fulton was born in Port Townsend, Washington, on March 11, 1898. Upon graduation from the North Pacific College of Dentistry in Oregon, with a Doctor of Medical Dentistry (DMD), he entered the United States Army on July 15, 1925. His assignments exposed him to an ever increasing level of responsibility ranging over the years from assignments as Dental Officer, Fitzsimmons Army Hospital in 1925, to that of the Post Dental Surgeon at Fort Lewis during 1950-1953 and subsequent assignments as the Sixth Army Dental Surgeon from 1953 until his retirement on August 14, 1957.
Colonel Fulton developed the plans for the former Dental Clinic Number One while serving as Post Dental Surgeon at Fort Lewis in 1950. When it was dedicated on August 14, 1957, as Dental Clinic Number One, the Fulton Dental Clinic was a pioneer in clinic design for that period. The 28-chair, ranch-style building was the Army’s first separate, permanent dental clinic west of the Mississippi. Fulton Dental Clinic was equipped with the most up-to-date dental equipment and was admirably suited for its former provision of general dentistry, endodontic, periodontic, prosthetic and surgical support more than 6,000 active duty soldiers.
The original Fulton Dental Clinic was closed in December 2001; the building relinquished to the Fort Lewis Directorate of Public Works and Engineering and served as the Headquarters for 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (L) (Stryker).
From March 2006 to May of 2010 a modular facility temporarily housed the “Fulton Dental Clinic” during construction of a brand new facility that would later be certified by the Leadership Energy and Environmental Design as a “Gold” standard building, which is the first Army Medicine facility to achieve that rating. In May 2010 the new dental clinic opened after an additional four treatment rooms and x-ray room were added. An official ribbon cutting ceremony dedicating the Winder Family Medical Clinic and rededicating the state-of-the-art 28-chair Fulton Dental Clinic was held on July 27, 2011, that once again recognized the clinic and continued to honor Colonel Kenneth P. Fulton.
Hospital Dental Clinic
Directions
The Hospital Dental Clinic is located in Madigan Army Medical Center and can be reached by taking I-5 Exit 122 and turning onto Beaumont Avenue into the Medical Mall Purple Parking Lot. The Madigan Dental Clinic is located in room 2-43-38 on the second floor of the Hospital Tower. From the pharmacy entrance to the Medical Mall, go to the second floor and from the ENT Clinic, take the West Corridor toward the Urology Clinic. The Hospital Dental Clinic is on the right before reaching the Urology Clinic.
About
The Hospital Dental Clinic provides all facets of general dentistry and specialty care offered only to active duty service members. Procedures performed include:
- Examinations
- Cleanings (Prophylaxis)
- Preventive Services (Fluoride, Sealants, Instruction)
- Tooth Fillings (Restorative)
- Root Canals (Endodontics)
- Gum Disease Treatment (Periodontics)
- Crown & Bridge, as needed
- Extractions (Oral Surgery)
- Removable Dentures, as needed
- Referral for complex oral rehabilitation, as needed
The Hospital Dental Clinic is the home for the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMS) Residency Program. This rigorous four year program is designed to train residents in the surgical specialty able to treat many diseases, facial trauma, other injuries and defects in the head, neck, face, jaws and the hard and soft tissues of the oral (mouth) and maxillofacial (jaws and face) area. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery is only by referral from another dental clinic. Dental specialty or surgical care for family members and retirees is extremely limited and accepted on a case-by-case only.
TRICARE Dental Plans
The TRICARE Family Member Dental Plan is dental insurance for family members of active duty service members for care by civilian dentists. Active duty service members are encouraged to enroll their family members in the TRICARE Family Member Dental Plan to avoid paying full price for their family members’ dental care.
Active duty family member and retiree dental insurance links:
MetLife MyBenefits for TRICARE
TRICARE Dental
McChord Dental Clinic
Directions
The McChord Dental Clinic is located on McChord Field and can be reached by taking I-5 Exit 125 and turning onto Bridgeport Way SW and entering the main McChord Field Gate. Once on McChord Field, Bridgeport Way turns into Colonel Joe Jackson Blvd. Turn right on Barnes Blvd. Continue past the McChord Medical Clinic and turn right onto 13th Avenue and make an immediate left turn into the McChord Dental Clinic parking lot.
About
The McChord Dental Clinic provides all facets of general dentistry and specialty care offered only to active duty service members. Procedures performed include:
- Examinations
- Cleanings (Prophylaxis)
- Preventive Services (Fluoride, Sealants, Instruction)
- Tooth Fillings (Restorative)
- Root Canals (Endodontics)
- Gum Disease Treatment (Periodontics)
- Crown & Bridge, as needed
- Extractions (Oral Surgery)
- Removable Dentures, as needed
- Referral for complex oral rehabilitation, as needed
Okubo Dental Clinic
Directions
From Interstate 5 exit 120 proceed to Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Lewis North to. 41st Division Drive. After stopping at the security check point continue north on 41st Division Drive to C Street. At the intersection of 41st Division Drive and C Street turn right. The Okubo Dental Clinic is collocated with the Okubo Family Medical Clinic at the end of the block, on the right hand side of the street, just before you reach the intersection of C Street and 17th Street.
About
The Okubo Dental Clinic provides all facets of general dentistry and specialty care offered only to active duty service members. Procedures performed include:
- Examinations
- Cleanings (Prophylaxis)
- Preventive Services (Fluoride, Sealants, Instruction)
- Tooth Fillings (Restorative)
- Root Canals (Endodontics)
- Gum Disease Treatment (Periodontics)
- Crown & Bridge, as needed
- Extractions (Oral Surgery)
- Removable Dentures, as needed
- Referral for complex oral rehabilitation, as needed
History
The Okubo Family Medical and Dental Complex is named after Technician Fifth Grade James K. Okubo, a combat medic assigned to the 442nd Combat Regimental Team that saw heavy combat in Europe during World War II.
Okubo distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism in action in a French forest close to the German border on October 28, 29 and November 4, 1944 in which he treated and saved more than 25 men. He ran 75 yards under a hail of machine-gun fire to a tank, where a badly wounded soldier was trapped and climbed inside the tank, lifted the man onto his back and carried him to safety. Okubo dragged himself by his elbows hundreds of yards through that same forest to save other wounded comrades in K Company of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. For his actions, Okubo was awarded the Silver Star.
Okubo, a Washington state native and a son of a restaurateur, was born in Anacortes and raised in Bellingham, where he played high-school football. He was a Nisei, which means that he was a second generation Japanese-American.
In February 1942, an executive order directed the government to confine Japanese Americans in internment camps scattered throughout the West. Okubo and his family were sent first to Tule Lake, Calif., then to Heart Mountain, Wyo. A year later, the government reversed its policy and allowed Japanese Americans to enlist in the military. Okubo, his two brothers and two cousins volunteered and were assigned to the all-Japanese-American 442nd Regimental Combat Team. The unit earned more than 18,000 individual medals and was the most decorated unit in World War II.
Okubo survived the war, later moving to Michigan and becoming a dentist. Tragically, he was killed in a car accident on January 29, 1967. He was 47.
In 1996, Congress directed the Secretary of the Army to review service records of Asian Americans who received the Silver Star during World War II. Okubo's award was one of those reviewed and upgraded to the Medal of Honor, which was presented in a formal ceremony at the White House on June 21, 2000.
On February 21, 2002, a formal ribbon-cutting ceremony was held opening the brand new multi-million dollar, state-of-the-art family medical and dental complex with Okubo’s widow, Nobuyo Okubo in attendance.
The Okubo Medical and Dental Complex is more than 25,000 square feet in size and consists of 39 dental and medical examination and treatment rooms.