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This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Army.
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Shan K. Bagby is a U.S. Army brigadier general and the 28th Chief of the Army Dental Corps. Bagby also serves as the Commanding General, Regional Health Command-Central. Bagby, an oral and maxillofacial surgeon, was the Army’s first African-American dental officer promoted to brigadier general.
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