Health Care Opportunities

Dental Corps

Where can your passion for dentistry serve an even greater good?

In the Navy Dental Corps. Here you can distinguish yourself as a dentist, a Navy Officer and a global ambassador of goodwill.

As an elite health-care provider, you’ll serve your country by helping the men and women who defend it – and their families back home. Advance your career with experience that’s as challenging as it is rewarding. Affiliate with a renowned practice devoted to providing the highest quality of patient care possible. Free of business concerns.

As a proud commissioned Officer, you’ll be rewarded with a higher level of respect and all the benefits that come with leadership, including skills that will give you a distinct edge. No matter where your talents take you.

The Navy Dental Corps offers something all too rare in the private sector: the opportunity to contribute to humanitarian missions across the country and around the globe. You might introduce oral care to parts of the world where dentistry is more of a luxury than an expectation. Or share your skills via Navy domestic outreach programs to benefit the elderly and underprivileged. It’s not your everyday practice.

On shore, at sea, or in the field, you’ll have the latest high-tech equipment at your disposal. Digital X-ray systems. Innovative dental restoration materials. Patented Forward Deployable Dental Dressing (FDDD). Video teleconferencing. Saliva tests that can help detect exposure to life-threatening diseases such as tuberculosis and anthrax.

And you’ll supplement your own talents with the insights of fellow professionals and a support staff dedicated to a common cause. In a progressive setting, without the malpractice insurance, expensive equipment and paperwork that falls on your shoulders in private practice.

Add generous scholarship opportunities, a sign-on bonus and a flexible schedule that leaves more time for family and adventure, and it becomes clear:

This is dentistry at its best – any way you look at it.

Financial and Educational Benefits

Wherever you are in your dental career, the Navy can help ease the financial burdens and advance your career with generous scholarships, financial assistance and continuing education programs. Whether you’re a student, resident or practicing dentist, the Navy has a program that can help you make a difference.

• are you a student?
  100% OF TUITION COVERAGE FOR DENTAL SCHOOL Face it: The cost of dental school isn't going down. But fortunately, the Navy has generous financial assistance programs available to help dental students – and will determine the offer that works best for you.

  • Consider the Navy Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP): It covers 100% of dental school tuition – along with a monthly stipend of $1,605 to cover living expenses for up to four years. And on top of that: a sign-on bonus of up to $20,000.*

    Consider the Navy Health Services Collegiate Program (HSCP): It provides anywhere from $143,000 to $240,000 while attending dental school – including a monthly military salary plus generous food and housing allowances for up to 48 months.† Not to mention comprehensive health-care benefits. Note that this specific offer is exclusive to the Navy and not available in other military service branches.

    To learn more about the details of either offer, contact a Navy Dental Recruiter.

    *Navy HPSP recipients who sign up before 9/30/08 are eligible to receive a sign-on bonus of up to $20,000. Contact your Navy Dental Recruiter for details.

    †Navy HSCP housing allowance based on dental school location. Increased offer amounts available in areas with a higher cost of living.

• are you a resident?
  GET POTENTIALLY OVER $190,000 DURING YOUR RESIDENCY With long hours, dental school debts, the possibility of relocating and an overwhelming workload, making it through residency can be a challenge.

  • In the Navy, becoming a resident won’t put you further behind financially. We offer potentially over $190,000 to assist you during your residency. The Financial Assistance Program is an annual grant of $28,454 and a monthly stipend of $1,605 for up to 48 months.

• are you a practicing dentist?
  $75,000 WHEN YOU JOIN A $75,000 sign-on bonus is available to all practicing dentists who qualify as Dental Corps applicants. Talk to a Navy Dental Recruiter for details.

  • UP TO $114,900 TO REPAY STUDENT LOANS

    There's no reason to be overwhelmed by the cost of your education. As an Active Duty Officer in the Dental Corps, you can get up to $114,900 to repay your dental school loans by applying to receive $38,300 each year for up to three years.

    To become eligible for the Health Professions Loan Repayment Program, you must serve as an Active Duty Dental Corps Officer for each year you receive the loan payment, with a minimum three-year service obligation.

Talk to your recruiter about these or any Navy opportunities that interest you.

Dental Specialties

In the Navy Dental Corps, you’ll find an amazing scope of career opportunities. Whatever your practice – general or specialty – there’s an honored place for you and your career among our ranks.

General Dentistry:

Working in general dentistry in the Navy is like having your own practice – without all the headaches.

Examinations. Diagnosis. Treatment. Prevention.

You will fill cavities, treat diseases of the gums, remove teeth, and replace lost ones with bridges and dentures. You’ll also advocate preventative medicine, from brushing and flossing techniques to what foods to avoid for better dental health.

Specialties in Dentistry Field:

• Endodontics
• Forensics
• Maxillofacial Prosthodontics
• Oral Facial Pain Clinic
• Oral Medicine
• Oral Pathology
• Oral Surgery
• Orthodontics
• Pediatrics
• Periodontics
• Prosthodontics
• Public Health
• Research

The Navy Dental Corps

The art and science of patient care. Leading-edge treatments and technologies. Advancing in a specialized field as you help those you serve with and their loved ones. Leading humanitarian efforts. Financial relief. Accelerated promotions. Travel and adventure as a commissioned Officer. Becoming the best dentist you can be.

If this doesn’t sound like the usual description for a dental practice, there’s one simple reason. It isn’t. It’s the Navy Dental Corps.

Questions? Need more information? To talk to a Navy representative or to request our informative video, please fill out our information request form. We look forward to hearing from you!

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