Comprehensive dental care services

The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) (through the Canadian Forces Dental Services) provides comprehensive dental care, as defined in Queen's Regulations and Orders (QR&O) 35.01, to entitled personnel. Levels of dental care range from urgent dental care to operational dental fitness care and oral health dental care. Dental Care is delivered by a complement of general practitioners and specialists in a managed setting utilizing priorities for care, selection criteria and evidence-based guidelines.

Levels of dental care

Throughout the continuum of levels of dental care a wide range of dental services are available to entitled personnel. Eligible dental services mean services listed hereafter, when rendered by a dental officer/dentist or dental specialist, or rendered by a dental hygienist/dental assistant, (or rendered by a licensed denturologist/ denturist) under the direct supervision /prescription of a dental officer/dentist or dental specialist.

Eligible dental services include:

• Diagnostic Services
• Preventive Services
• Periodontal Services
• Restorative Services - Minor
• Restorative Services - Major
• Prosthodontic Services - Minor
• Prosthodontic Services - Major
• Orthodontic Services - Minor
• Orthodontic Services - Major
• Endodontic Services
• Surgical Services
• Adjunctive General Services

Diagnostic Services

1. oral examination;
2. oro-facial examination;
3. intra and extra-oral radiographs;
4. advanced diagnostic imaging;
5. biopsy of oral tissue;
6. tests and laboratory assessments; and
7. diagnosis and treatment planning.

Preventive Services

1. oral hygiene instructions;
2. dental cleaning;
3. fluoride treatment;
4. caries control;
5. pit & fissure sealants;
6. diet & nutritional counseling;
7. group instruction;
8. sports mouth guards; and
9. other preventive services.

Periodontal Services

1. non-surgical services;
2. scaling & root planing;
3. surgical services;
4. post-surgical treatment;
5. occlusal equilibration;
6. occlusal appliances; and
7. other periodontic services.

Restorative Services - Minor

1. amalgam, resin, glass ionomer restorations;
2. pin reinforcements for these restorations;
3. temporary restorations; and
4. polishing of restorations.

Restorative Services - Major

1. crowns & inlays;
2. labial veneers;
3. retentive pins, posts and cores; and
4. other restorative services.

Prosthodontic Services - Minor

1. removable dentures (complete and partial);
2. repairs;
3. adjustments; and
4. relining & rebasing

Prosthodontic Services - Major

1. fixed dentures (bridges);
2. repairs of fixed appliances;
3. implant supported prostheses;
4. oro-facial and cranial prosthetic rehabilitation; and
5. other prosthetic services.

Orthodontic Services - Minor

1. minor tooth movement to correct crowding/spacing in a quadrant/sextant/arch;
2. positioning abutment teeth prior to prosthodontic treatment; and
3. treatment that can normally be completed within 12 months at the local military dental detachment.

Orthodontic Services - Major

1. treatment to correct a functional disability related to malocclusion.

Endodontic Services

1. pulp capping;
2. pulpotomy & pulpectomy;
3. non-surgical root canal therapy;
4. retreatment;
5. surgical root canal therapy; and
6. other endodontic services.

Surgical Services

1. removal of cyst, tumors, and neoplasms;
2. treatment of oral and maxillofacial fractures;
3. surgical correction of maxillofacial deformities;
4. extractions;
5. surgical extractions;
6. surgical / capsular or muscular intervention in TMD therapy;
7. soft and hard tissue pre-prosthetic surgery;
8. placement of osseointegrated implants; and
9. other surgical services.

Adjunctive General Services

1. emergency services not otherwise specified;
2. management of TMD;
3. sedation;
4. consultation;
5. forensic dental service; and
6. other adjunctive services.