Overview
As an Officer in the Navy Reserve Dental Corps, you will undergo training, experiences and challenges that extend far beyond the scope of a civilian dental practice, performing procedures that help keep our fighting forces shipshape as you utilize the latest tools of your trade.
Description
A prestigious provider. An elite practitioner. An ambassador of goodwill. The only thing better than running your own successful dental practice is the ability to also pursue your passion while making the world a better place. Whether you’re an established dentist or just starting out, serving as a Navy Reserve Dentist will allow you to do work that will leave a lasting impression.
Imagine practicing outside the norm of everyday dentistry. Your morning appointments will focus on bringing smiles to the faces of underprivileged children from across the globe. An afternoon spent relieving chronic pain for many a thankful village elder. A week performing checkups and extractions for our nation’s servicemembers aboard the most sophisticated hospital ship on the planet.
Serving in the Navy Reserve, you can expand upon your role as a provider and make a difference in the world, all while earning an impressive benefits package that includes available sign-on bonuses, loan repayment assistance, specialty pay, educational incentives, travel and more.
This is not your typical dental office or waiting room. It is a brief glimpse into Navy Dentistry – and here, procedures performed can be more inspiring than you ever imagined.
Specifics
In the Navy Reserve, each dentist is a respected Officer on a renowned team of experts — anchoring one of the largest health-care systems on earth. Here, you’ll work with the latest tools and technologies. At cutting-edge facilities stateside and abroad, merging the best aspects of civilian and military dentistry to gain expertise and versatility that are unmatched. Primarily, you’ll look after the dental needs of the brave men and women who serve our country, their families and other beneficiaries who have served. You may also fill in for deployed Active Duty Navy Dentists, working mainly at locations that are typically close to your home. Providing specialized and preventative care.
Navy Dentists going above and beyond the scope of a traditional practice, treating thousands of civilians globally each year. While serving, you’ll introduce oral care in places where it is more a luxury than an expectation. You will also collaborate with health-care teams, aid organizations and foreign governments while making a lasting impression along the way.
Always at the forefront, Navy Dentistry offers opportunities in any of 13 specialty areas, in addition to general dentistry. From maxillofacial prosthodontics to oral surgery, pediatric to forensics, you can perform truly innovative work. Pioneering advancements in emergency treatment. Utilizing digital radiography. Moving dentistry forward through the application of high-resolution dental telescopes and high-tech mobile capabilities.
Financial Offers
Practicing Dentists
- In the Navy Reserve Dental Corps, you’ll receive a first-rate benefits package — including your choice of any one of these three generous financial offers:*
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- Up to $75,000 in specialty pay
- Up to $50,000 in dental school loan repayment assistance
- An immediate one-time sign-on bonus of up to $10,000
*Offers cannot be combined and depend on specialty. Sign-on bonus offer option available only to those with prior Navy experience (NAVET).
Dental Residents
- If you join the Navy Reserve Dental Corps as a resident, you can get:
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- A monthly stipend of $1,992 while completing your residency program
- Up to $50,000 in dental school loan repayment assistance
Note: Offers based on service commitment. Contact a Navy Reserve Medical Officer Recruiter for complete offer details.
Training
With flexible training options, Navy Reserve Dental Officers can comfortably balance civilian and military schedules. You can maintain your own life and your own practice, all while enriching both with the rewarding work you do for others. And you’ll do this serving as few as two days each month and two weeks each year — with opportunities for additional service and pay.
The Navy Reserve Dental Corps offers you a truly diverse variety of academic, clinical and operational settings in which to practice. In some cases, you can even work in the same civilian hospital or setting you work in now. What’s more, you will enjoy an unrivaled sense of pride and fulfillment known only to those who serve.
Requirements
Citizenship — Applicants must be a U.S. citizen or foreign citizen currently practicing in the U.S. (see a Navy Reserve Medical Officer Recruiter for details).
Education — Candidates must be a graduate of a dental school approved by the American Dental Association.
Licensing — All applicants must be currently licensed to practice dentistry independently in any of the United States, Puerto Rico or the District of Columbia.
Age — Applicants should be at least 19 and no older than 40 years of age at the time of appointment. Maximum age limits may be waived on a case-by-case basis, depending on qualifications and the needs of the Navy Reserve.
To read more about Navy Dentists, visit Navy Dental Corps page at Navy.com.
To learn how you can join the Navy Reserve Dental Corps, visit ways to join or contact a Navy Reserve Recruiter.