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.
Wing Commander Royal Air Force, Consultant in Dental Public Health, HQ Defence Medical Services, Staffordshire, UK.
Br Dent J. 2021 Apr;230(7):417-423. doi: 10.1038/s41415-021-2834-1. Epub 2021 Apr 9.
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.
口腔疾病会严重干扰现役军人，使他们在军事行动中身体虚弱，效率降低。因此，国防牙科提供有针对性的牙科服务，包括可部署、灵活和全面的服务，以确保现役军人适合执行任务，尽量减少因牙科发病率而导致的影响。国防牙医提供独特的服务，在平衡个人需求的同时，考虑到他们的作战角色要求。这使英国武装部队能够通过减轻发病率和维持部署期间的作战能力来优化口腔健康。本文旨在通过讨论以患者为中心的方法所依据的公共卫生价值和职业重点，以及军警牙科人员在提供响应式和可部署的护理能力方面的灵活性，来突出国防牙科的关键原则。
