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                                                     MEDICAL LESSONS LEARNED
                                                          DESERT SHIELD/STORM

       CATEGORY: Mobility

       ISSUE/ITEM:

       SUBJECT: Dental Qualification for World Wide Duty

       BACKGROUND: Specific dental screening of mobility personnel is a MAJCOM
       initiative, with some establishing such requirements, others not. ATC requires
       certification of Dental Class I or II condition for all mobility personnel and
       confirmation of panoral radiographs in file, with documentation of both
       maintained as part of thee mobility folder. Priority dental treatment is given
       to maintenance of oral health of all mobility personnel. The serial profile is
       used to notify commanders of temporary disqualifiying conditions. ,

       DISCUSSION: Feedback from SGD channels indicated a signficant incidence of
       dental emergencies in the AOR. These dental problems were reportedly occuring
       among virtually every service. This indicates a potential need for additional
       attention to dental care and dental preventive measures for personnel subject to
       deployment.

       ACTION RECOMMENDED:

                              (1) Assess whether incidence of dental emergencies was/was not a
       problem.

                               (2) Implement USAF wide dental screening of mobility personnel, add
       as requirement to AFR 28-4, MOP 17.

       SUGGESTED OPRs/OCRs: HQ USAF/SGD/SGHR
       SUBMITTER: Terry W. Clarke/Capt/HQ ATC/SGAX
                               [(b)(2)]








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