U.S.-Philippines Military Dentistry Exchange

May 19, 2025 to May 20, 2025

Program Description: 

Expeditionary dentistry poses unique challenges, including working in remote environments, limited support, and the need for creative thinking. The U.S. military is well prepared to forward deploy dental personnel to meet the needs of operations, however each service has unique capabilities and challenges that should be shared across the services. The Armed Forces Philippines face many of these challenges domestically in their archipelago nation. The focus of this military dentistry exchange is to define expeditionary dentistry requirements and capabilities, discuss challenges and share best practices to improve dental readiness.

Target Audience

This activity provides continuing education for dentists and allied dental staff. A certificate of attendance is available for other attendees.

Learning Objectives

Army Expeditionary Dentistry

  1. Explain the importance of expeditionary dentistry in the context of large-scale combat operations (LSCO).
  2. Relate historical examples to the challenges expected in the future battlespace.
  3. Justify the transition to scalable and agile dental sustainment response.

Navy Expeditionary Dentistry

  1. Discuss the function of a Type Commander (TYCOM) and Force Dental Officer.
  2. Highlight Dental Officer manning and roles on US Navy ships.
  3. Describe the role of the Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Dental Officer.
  4. Outline shipboard Dental Department capabilities.

U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Dentistry

  1. Summarize U.S. Air Force (USAF) equipment for expeditionary dentistry.
  2. Explain how the USAF prepares dental staff for deployments.
  3. Describe the readiness classification system.
  4. Differentiate between the levels of dental care that are delivered in garrison versus in a deployed location.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 3.00 Dentists and Allied Dental Staff (ADA CERP)

    DHA, J-7, CEPO is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education (CDE). ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition at ADA.org/CERP.

    DHA, J-7, CEPO designates this activity for 3.00 continuing education credits

  • 3.00 Certificate of Attendance
Course opens: 
05/12/2025
Course expires: 
06/03/2025
Event starts: 
05/19/2025 - 8:00pm EDT
Event ends: 
05/20/2025 - 12:15am EDT
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CAPT Andrew Silvestri, DDS, MS, ABGD, FAGD

CAPT Joshua Henson, DDS

Col Michael Dailey, DDS

Disclosure: None of the staff, planners, authors, faculty, or content reviewers for this educational activity have any relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Available Credit

  • 3.00 Dentists and Allied Dental Staff (ADA CERP)

    DHA, J-7, CEPO is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education (CDE). ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition at ADA.org/CERP.

    DHA, J-7, CEPO designates this activity for 3.00 continuing education credits

  • 3.00 Certificate of Attendance
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Requirements: CE/CME certificates are awarded to participants who fully complete the activity, successfully submit the evaluation survey, and pass the posttest. The deadline to claim credit is Jun 3, 2025.

Access Code: Some activities require an access code to register or claim credit. Please contact the organization providing the activity for the access code. The Continuing Education Program Office (CEPO) does not provide access codes.

Accommodations: Please contact the course instructor to inquire about accommodations. For additional technical support, email [email protected].