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AFSC 47G4, Staff
AFSC 47G3, Qualified
AFSC 47G1, Entry

Specialty Summary. Examines, diagnoses, and treats diseases, abnormalities, injuries, and dysfunctional disorders of the oral cavity and its associated structures. Administers dental service policy, including establishing and maintaining dental health standards. Related DoD Occupational Group: 6C.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Examines, diagnoses and treats disease, abnormalities, injuries and dysfunctional disorders of the oral cavity and its associated structures. Examines patients and interprets radiographs and diagnostic tests to determine type and extent of dental diseases and disabilities or dysfunctions. Evaluates findings and prescribes type, extent, and order of treatment. Refers nondental problems to appropriate medical specialty. Restores health and function of carious, fractured, otherwise defective teeth. Performs routine preventive, periodontal, oral surgery, endodontic, and prosthodontic treatment. Provides consultation services.

Directs dental activities. Formulates and implements procedures for operation of base dental service. Determines requirements for material, equipment, facilities, and personnel to accomplish mission of unit. Coordinates dental activities with medical service. Instructs dental officers and technical assistant in professional and administrative functions of dental service.

Performs comprehensive dental functions. Performs complex dental treatment procedures in the absence of specialist. May serve as training director or instructor for general dentistry residency programs.

Manages and administers dental service policies and programs. Drafts policies covering dental health standards. Provides guidance for the implementation of comprehensive programs to continuously improve prevention and treatment of dental disease to ensure maximum personnel wartime readiness and combat capability. Determines resource requirements for dental clinics and laboratories.

Specialty Qualifications:

Knowledge. Fulfillment of education and training requirement satisfy this requirement.

Education. For entry into this specialty, a doctor of dental surgery or a doctor of dental medicine degree from an American Dental Association accredited college or university is mandatory.

Training. The following training is mandatory as indicated:

For award of AFSC 47G3, fulfillment of the education requirement satisfies this requirement.

For award of AFSC 47G3A, completion of a minimum of a 2 year residency in general dentistry, acceptable to the Surgeon General, HQ USAF. For award of AFSC 47G3B, completion of the USAF Advanced Clinical Dentistry Program.

For award of AFSC 47G3C, completion of the USAF Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) residency program or equivalent acceptable to the Surgeon General, HQ USAF.

For award of AFSC 47G3D, completion of a 2 year residency in dental public health.

For award of AFSC 47G3E, completion of a dental materials residency/fellowship, acceptable to the Surgeon General, HQ USAF.

For award of AFSC 47G3F, completion of an oral and maxillofacial radiology residency/fellowship, acceptable to the Surgeon General, HQ USAF.

For award of AFSC 47G3G, completion of a temporomandibular disorders residency/fellowship, acceptable to the Surgeon General, HQ USAF.

For award of AFSC 47G3H, completion of a hospital dentistry residency/fellowship, acceptable to the Surgeon General, HQ USAF.

Experience. None.

Other. None.

Specialty Shredouts:

A.....................Comprehensive
B.....................Advanced Clinical
C.....................General Clinical
D.....................Public Health
E.....................Dental Materials
F ..................... Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology
G.....................Temporomandibular Disorders
H.....................Hospital Dentistry

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Above Information Derived from AFMAN 36-2105