Open AccessFirst-Term Dental Readiness
Author(s) -
Jeffrey Chaffin,
William Bachand,
Robert McKay Wilhelm,
R.J.W. Lambert,
Larry G. Rothfuss
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
military medicine
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.442
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1930-613X
pISSN - 0026-4075
DOI - 10.7205/milmed.171.1.25
Subject(s) - active duty , dental care , term (time) , military personnel , military medicine , navy , duty , medicine , medical emergency , medical education , psychology , dentistry , political science , law , physics , quantum mechanics
Army recruits have high levels of dental disease, and traditionally the dental needs of soldiers have not been addressed until the soldiers arrive at their first permanent duty station. Today's expeditionary Army requires that soldiers be fully deployable. This article addresses an initiative (called First-Term Dental Readiness) aimed at providing dental care in the initial training of a soldier's career, implementation of pilot programs at Fort Sill and Fort Knox, and the lessons learned from those pilot programs.
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