The primary mission is to provide comprehensive, high-quality dental care to its beneficiaries by restoring oral health through clinical excellence and efficient use of available resources.
Air Force and combatant commanders by ensuring a dentally-ready force - preparing Wright-Patterson’s Airmen, Reservists and Defense Department deployable employees for worldwide service. The lab performs 15,230 procedures annually worth more than $1 million.Ĩ8 DS recognizes its primary responsibility is to support the U.S. The clinic is complemented by a full dental laboratory that consists of eight experienced technicians. The clinic treats 6,200 patients, performs 136,000 procedures and produces $9 million in production annually, which makes it one of the top two most productive clinics in Air Force Materiel Command. The unit also directs one of the largest Advanced Education in General Dentistry programs in the Air Force. This includes active-duty, civilians and contract team members. The squadron’s personnel are comprised of 85 members. “We also have four advanced-trained comprehensive general dentists on staff that can augment all of our specialty care when needed.” “The 88th Dental Squadron offers a full complement of dental services to include specialty care due to having board certified specialists in endodontics, prosthodontics, oral surgery, orthodontics, and periodontics,” said Col. Like much of the Air Force Dental Corps, 88 DS has embraced innovations in digital dentistry such as computer aided design and draft technology, guided implant placement and 3D printing. WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - From guided implant placements to routine dental exams, the 88th Dental Squadron “dominates the dirty work” each day by ensuring Airmen have proper oral health to perform their missions while improving overall readiness.Ĩ8 DS strengthens our Airmen and their units by ensuring they are in optimum oral health and that, from a dental perspective, are ready to deploy at anytime, anywhere.
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