HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES ANNOUNCES OPENING OF NEW ONSITE DENTAL SERVICE

PASCAGOULA, Miss., Nov. 06, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) announced today that it has opened a new mobile dental clinic located beside the company’s HII Family Health Center in Gautier. Onsite Dental offers convenient access to full-service dental care, including exams and X-rays.

“The mission of Onsite Dental is to help employees be healthier and happier by making high-quality dental care more accessible,” said Edmond Hughes, Ingalls vice president of human resources and administration. “The health and well-being of our workforce is a priority at Ingalls, and this mobile clinic will help ensure that we are doing everything possible to provide our shipbuilders and their families with the best available healthcare options.”

The new mobile unit, operated by Onsite Dental, offers comprehensive dental care with a dentist and dental hygienist on staff. HII also has an Onsite Dental clinic at its HII Family Health Center in Newport News, Va. The clinics have the ability to offer patients preventive, restorative, periodontal, endodontic, oral surgery, orthodontia and cosmetic dentistry.

Other dental services include:

• Cleanings


• Crowns


• Retainers


• Night Guards


• Fillings


• Whitening


• Invisalign

A ribbon cutting ceremony opened the new Onsite Dental mobile clinic at the HII Family Health Center in Gautier, Mississippi, on Monday. Pictured from left are Emily Baker, practice manager; Piper Premeaux, dental hygienist; Dr. Jefferson Harmon, QuadMed medical director; Tiffany Rivens, Onsite Dental regional director; Dr. Dennis Cao, dentist; Edmond Hughes, Ingalls’ vice president of human resources and administration; Shawn Farlow, senior client operations manager; Erinn Marks, HII Family Health Center manager; and Jennifer Meyers, dental assistant. Photo by Derek Fountain/HII

Onsite Dental is part of HII’s overall commitment to improve cost and access of quality health care and wellness. The service is available exclusively to HII employees and their families. In-network rates and discounts are available to those enrolled in an HII or Ingalls union dental plan.