The Dental Career Field encompasses functions involved in operating dental facilities and paraprofessional dental care. This career field includes dental administration, dental health services, limited treatment of oral tissues, fabricating prosthodontic appliances, and serves as auxiliaries to dental officers in treating patients.
Excluded from this career field are functions of operating medical facilities and paraprofessional medical care of authorized personnel. These functions are included in the Medical Career Field (4X). The following is a complete listing of AFSCs for the Dental Career Field.

