(Archived) Pediatric Dentist Air Force

Providing dental care to more than 300,000 Airmen around the world, in addition to their families, falls to a select group of dental professionals. As a Prosthodontist in the Air Force, you'll be a member of this group, working to provide the best care possible for every patient you see. And since you won't have to worry about dealing with insurance companies or running a practice, you'll be able to do just that.
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Specialty Summary.
Examines, diagnoses, and treats diseases, abnormalities, injuries and dysfunctional disorders of the oral cavity and its associated structures in children. Directs pediatric dentistry service.

Duties and Responsibilities:
Examines, diagnoses, and treats diseases, abnormalities, injuries, and dysfunctional disorders of the oral cavity and its associated structures in children. Examines child 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 required. Restores health and function of carious, fractured, or otherwise defective teeth. Provides behavior management techniques. Performs oral surgery, endodontic, prosthodontic, and interceptive orthodontic treatment on children. Provides consultation services.

Directs the pediatric dentistry service. Formulates and implements procedures governing operation of the pediatric dentistry service. Determines equipment, material, and personnel required to accomplish treatment of children. Coordinates with other dental and medical services. Instructs dental officers and technical assistants in pediatric dentistry procedures and techniques.


We have immediate openings for highly qualified dentists in the U.S. Air Force Dental Corps. These positions are available throughout our worldwide healthcare system.

Consider this: When you become an Air Force Dentist, you have a ready-made dental practice with a diverse patient population. We provide the equipment and staff. You have no overhead expenses, no malpractice insurance costs and no worries about a patient’s ability to pay. If you need to refer patients to another specialist, there’s no problem. Our group practice concept makes referrals and consultations easy.

Continuing education is important in the Air Force. We offer a postgraduate program in dental education you may attend and still collect the full pay and benefits of an Air Force officer.

Besides an opportunity for worldwide travel, Air Force Dentists enjoy excellent benefits, including starting salary based on education and experience, 30 days of vacation with pay, comprehensive medical and dental care, medical care for their families, tax-free housing allowance, low-cost life insurance, Thrift Savings Plan, eligibility for low-cost VA-backed mortgage loans, tax-free shopping at on-base grocery and department stores and more.

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