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Navy Reserve Dental Corps (Dentist)

Job Description

Navy Reserve Dental Corps officers provide the men and women of the Navy and Marine Corps with quality dental care. They also manage and supervise dental clinics and direct duties of dental technicians.

Qualifications

Age - At least 21 and less than 40 years of age (age waivers usually granted) at time of appointment. Older applicants are considered on a case-by-case basis depending upon their qualifications and the needs of the Navy.

Physical – Meet general physical requirements
Marital Status – No restrictions.
Citizenship – U.S. citizen.
Education – Graduate of a dental school approved by the Commission on Accreditation of Dental and Auxiliary Educational Programs of the American Dental Association.
Foreign medical school graduates must have completed a residency program approved by the AMA and must be board certified in a specialty considered critical to the Navy Reserve.
Licensing – Currently licensed to practice dentistry independently in any state, Puerto Rico or the District of Columbia. Recent dental school graduates (within six months) must become licensed within one year of graduation from dental school.

Direct Appointment

Practicing dentists are eligible to apply for a direct appointment in the Navy Reserve. Waivers may be made for dental school graduates who apply within the first year after graduation or while in postgraduate school or in residency. These waivers permit direct appointment to be made without requiring a license or being in practice. The rank offered at the time of appointment is based on the applicant’s combined education, professional experience and cumulative GPA.

Training Units

Reserve dental unit training is usually performed at local Operational Support Centers, Naval Air stations, Naval Dental facilities and occasionally aboard ships and other military bases. Annual Training (AT) may take
place at Naval Hospitals, Dental Clinics, Naval stations or on board ships, and may also involve taking part in field training exercises in support of the Marine Corps and Navy Construction Battalions (Seabees).
Training opportunities also exist for dentists in the Naval Fleet Hospital Program. Fleet hospitals, configured in 250- to 500- bed sizes, provide comprehensive medical support to the Fleet and Fleet Marine Forces
engaged in combat operations.
All direct appointment officers attend Officer Indoctrination School (OIS) in Pensacola, FL, as their first AT.

Advanced Training

Dental Corps officers are encouraged to continue their education and take advantage of available Navy-sponsored workshops, seminars and other professional growth opportunities usually paid by the Navy Reserve.

Benefits

• Pride and prestige as a Navy Reserve officer.
• A change of pace from civilian practice.
• A second paycheck.. (Pay for training every month, plus full Navy pay and allowances for two week s of AT each year.)
• Periodic promotions based on performance.
• Flexible drilling options for all physicians under the Reserve Flexibility (REFLEX) program.
• STIPEND program for eligible general dentistry and oral maxillofacial surgery residents.
• Advanced educational opportunities and continuing medical education (CME) funding.
• Base exchange (department store) and commissary (grocery store) shopping privileges.
• Veteran Administration home-loan guarantee program now includes reservists with at least six years of honorable reserve service.
• Low-cost life insurance available (up tp $250K).
• Health care coverage for any injury of illness sustained during training periods.
• Retirement pay beginning at age 60 after completion of 20 or more qualifying years of service.

Health Care Professionals Incentives

The Navy Reserve offers financial incentives in addition to normal monthly pay to qualified health care professionals. The following information provides details on the Selected Reserve Bonus, the Specialized Training Assistance Program (STIPEND) and the Loan Repayment programs. Acceptance into the incentive programs is available to health care professionals in certain critical specialties based on the needs of the Navy. The amount of the incentives changes periodically.

Program Descriptions

The Selected Reserve Bonus program offers financial incentives to qualified health care professionals in certain specialties. The bonus amount is based on the officer's speciality and the number of years obligated to serve in the Navy Reserve (from one to three). The bonus is paid in annual increments equal to the term of the initial affiliation contract.

The STIPEND Program. The STIPEND program is for those enrolled in advanced training leading to a skill critically needed by the Naval Reserve. Payments are made on a monthly basis. For each year financial assistance is given, participants incur a two‑year drilling obligation in the Naval Reserve after completion of the training program. Participants receive drill pay in addition to the STIPEND payment.

Loan Repayment Program. The Loan Repayment program is for medical specialists who have completed their training. A portion of loans obtained, insured or guaranteed for medical training is repaid through this program. Reservists can earn a loan repayment of up to $20,000 after each year of satisfactory service performed. The total repayment of loans to any member cannot exceed $50,000.

The programs listed above are subject to revision as the needs of the Naval Reserve change Officers who accept financial incentives incur a drilling obligation. For the latest information contact your local Naval Reserve officer recruiter.

Medical-In-Training (MIT) and REFLEX Training Options

The following information provides details on the Navy Reserve Physician Reservists in Medical Universities and Schools and Reserve Flexibility (REFLEX) training options for medical department personnel. Your Navy Reserve officer recruiter can provide further details on these programs.

Training Options Descriptions

MIT and REFLEX offers training opportunities to physicians, nurses and other medical personnel. Both options permit training periods (drills) to be accrued on an hourly basis.

MIT. This program gives health care professionals an opportunity to earn Reserve pay and retirement points while performing drills at teaching hospitals, medical schools and universities with the MIT program. Drills can also be accomplished at naval hospitals, clinics or fleet hospital detachments, and Navy Reserve activities. Fleet hospitals ranging from 250 to 500 beds provide comprehensive medical support to the Fleet and Fleet Marine Forces engaged in combat operations.

REFLEX. This program authorizes drill flexibility for health care professionals in conventional Reserve units. These drills can be for:

• drills at naval medical and dental treatment facilities;

• conducting physical examinations at supporting Naval Reserve activities;

• providing mutual support at federal medical treatment facilities.

Who Can Participate

• The MIT Program is open to health care professionals in critically undermanned specialties.

• REFLEX is for all medical personnel assigned to conventional medical units.

Annual Training and Training Drills

Annual training for MIT and REFLEX may include training or study in:

• clinical training duty at Navy medical and dental treatment facilities in the United States or overseas;

•combat casualty care;

• chemical, biological, radiological defense;

• medical effects of nuclear weapons;

• field medical service;

• landing force medical planning.

• Drill activities include:

• attending professional meetings and seminars that contribute to professional or mobilization readiness;

• participating in medical symposiums;

• attending grand rounds and pre‑grand rounds;

• attending military courses.

Training drills for MIT and REFLEX participants do not have to take place on weekends, but they may. Many reservists perform drills during the week to fit their busy schedules.

Benefits

Medical personnel participating in MIT or REFLEX are eligible for all benefits of the Navy Reserve including equity toward retirement, funded continuing medical education, pay for participation as well as the opportunity to participate in the Naval Reserve's Loan Repayment and STIPEND programs.

For more information contact your Southern California Officer Recruiter below:

LCDR Jennifer Danko, USN
Reserve Officer Recruiter
6115 North Hills Circle
Charlotte, NC 28213-6200

(704) 576-6013
Email: jennifer.danko@navy.mil