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**KFF Health News provided photos must include credit/caption and can only be used with the original KFF Health News story**.

Lia Carter
Lia Carter
Sports Reporter · Thursday, November 5, 2026 at 11:30 AM · 1 min read
**KFF Health News provided photos must include credit/caption and can only be used with the original KFF Health News story**. — St. Simons Island Health news

Dentist Marsha Plater fills a cavity for Josefina Guel with help from dental assistant Anusha Patlola. (Eric Harkleroad/KFF Health News/TNS) **KFF Health News provided photos must include credit/caption and can only be used with the original KFF Health News story**

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An assortment of frames provided free to vision patients at the clinic. The clinic made 152 pairs of eyeglasses for 99 patients. **KFF Health News provided photos must include credit/caption and can only be used with the original KFF Health News story**. — The Brunswick News (Golden Isles)
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A clinic volunteer shows a jar of patients’ extracted teeth.“ We call it point-and-pull dentistry,” says Tom Ritter, a retired dentist who was triaging patients.“ You point to the tooth you want out, and we take it out.”** KFF Health News provided photos must include credit/caption and can only be used with the original KFF Health News story**.

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Tom Ritter, a retired dentist, triaged dental patients at the free clinic. He examined Josefina Guel’ s teeth, and she later received a filling. **KFF Health News provided photos must include credit/caption and can only be used with the original KFF Health News story**. — The Brunswick News (Golden Isles)
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Tom Ritter, a retired dentist, triaged dental patients at the free clinic. He examined Josefina Guel’ s teeth, and she later received a filling. **KFF Health News provided photos must include credit/caption and can only be used with the original KFF Health News story**.

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**KFF Health News provided photos must include credit/caption and can only be used with the original KFF Health News story**. — The Brunswick News (Golden Isles)
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**KFF Health News provided photos must include credit/caption and can only be used with the original KFF Health News story**.

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