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Armstrong S, Dermont M. Defence dentistry: an occupationally focused health service with worldwide deployable capability. Br Dent J. 2021;230(7):417-423doi: 10.1038/s41415-021-2834-1.
Armstrong, S., & Dermont, M. (2021). Defence dentistry: an occupationally focused health service with worldwide deployable capability. British dental journal, 230(7), 417-423. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41415-021-2834-1
Armstrong, Sarah, and Dermont, Mark. "Defence dentistry: an occupationally focused health service with worldwide deployable capability." British dental journal vol. 230,7 (2021): 417-423. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41415-021-2834-1
Armstrong S, Dermont M. Defence dentistry: an occupationally focused health service with worldwide deployable capability. Br Dent J. 2021 Apr;230(7):417-423. doi: 10.1038/s41415-021-2834-1. Epub 2021 Apr 09. PMID: 33837337; PMCID: PMC8033269.
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Br Dent J. 2021 Apr;230(7):417-423. doi: 10.1038/s41415-021-2834-1. Epub 2021 Apr 09.

Defence dentistry: an occupationally focused health service with worldwide deployable capability.

British dental journal

Sarah Armstrong, Mark Dermont

Affiliations

  1. Major Royal Army Dental Corps, Dental Public Health Staff Officer, HQ Defence Medical Services, Staffordshire, UK; Lieutenant Colonel Royal Army Dental Corps, SO1 COVID Operations, HQ Defence Primary Healthcare, Staffordshire, UK. [email protected].
  2. Wing Commander Royal Air Force, Consultant in Dental Public Health, HQ Defence Medical Services, Staffordshire, UK.

PMID: 33837337 PMCID: PMC8033269 DOI: 10.1038/s41415-021-2834-1

Abstract

Oral disease can cause substantial disruption to service personnel, resulting in debilitation and reduced effectiveness while deployed on military operations. As such, Defence dentistry delivers an occupationally focused dental service that is deployable, agile and holistic, to ensure service personnel are dentally fit for operations and that the impact of dental morbidity is minimised.Defence dentists provide a unique service, balancing the needs of the individual while considering their operational role requirements. This enables the UK Armed Forces' oral health to be optimised by mitigating morbidity and maintaining operational capability while deployed.The aim of this paper is to highlight the key principles of Defence dentistry by discussing the public health values and occupational focus which underpin a patient-centred approach and the agility of the uniformed military dental workforce in providing a responsive and deployable care capability.

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