(Archived) Prosthodontist 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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Career Tasks
Specialty Summary. Examines and diagnoses disabilities incident to loss of teeth and supporting structures; formulates and executes treatment plans for the construction of corrective prostheses to restore proper mastication, phonetics and facial contour. Directs prosthodontic service.

Duties and Responsibilities:
Examines and diagnoses disabilities caused by loss of teeth and supporting structures; formulates and executes treatment plan for construction of corrective prostheses. Examines patients to determine requirement and type of dental prosthesis. Analyzes jaw relationships and movement and formulates required treatment plan. Constructs removable, fixed, and maxillofacial prosthodontic restorations. Provides consultation services.

Directs the prosthodontic service. Formulates and implements procedures governing the operation of the prosthodontic service including dental laboratory. Determines personnel, equipment, material, and facility requirements for the operation of the prosthodontic service. Plans work assignments for prosthodontists, technical assistants, and laboratory technicians for treating patients and constructing prosthodontic restorations. Coordinates prosthodontic service with other dental and medical services. Instructs dental officers, technical assistants, and laboratory technicians in prosthodontic 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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