BY ORDER OF THE
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
AIR FORCE POLICY DIRECTIVE 47-1
9 MAY 2018
Dental
DENTAL SERVICES
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY
ACCESSIBILITY: Publications and forms are available on the e-Publishing website at
www.e-Publishing.af.mil for downloading or ordering.
RELEASABILITY: There are no releasability restrictions on this publication.
OPR: AF/SG3/5D
Supersedes: AFPD 47-1, 26 August 2011
Certified by: AF/SG
(Lieutenant General Mark A. Ediger)
Pages: 4
This Directive implements the following statutes for the Dental Service and its activities
worldwide: Title 10, United States Code, Sections 1074, 1074a, 1076, 1076a, and 1077 when
applied to Dental Practice. This Directive also implements the dental readiness policy portions of
Department of Defense Instruction 6025.19, Individual Medical Readiness; Department of
Defense Directive 6200.04, Force Health Protection and Office of the Assistant Secretary of
Defense (Health Affairs) policy letters: 97-061, Policy on Reporting Dental Workload and
Diagnostic Data; 98-031, Revised Utilization Management Policy for the Direct Care System;
01-025, Reserve Forces Periodic Dental Examination and 03-017, Policy for Standardized
Dental Appointment Types when applied to dental practice; 98-021, Policies on Uniformity of
Dental Classification System, Frequency of Periodic Dental Examinations, Active Duty Overseas
Screening, and Dental Deployment Standards; 02-011, Policy on Standardization of Oral Health
and Readiness Classifications; 05-020, Policy for Cosmetic Surgery Procedures in the Military
Health System when applied to oral surgeons, 06-001, Policy on Oral Health and Readiness; 07-
017, Dental Readiness Within The Services and 07-011, Policy on Space Available Dental Care.
The Air Force also recognizes, and this policy implements, civilian standards reflected by the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
This Directive establishes the Air Force Dental Service policy for developing and maintaining
comprehensive programs for the prevention and treatment of dental disease to ensure personnel
dental readiness in support of expeditionary operations. This Directive applies to all active duty
Air Force, Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard personnel in military status. It establishes
