Dental Branch

Dental Branch
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Country	Canada
Branch	Canadian Forces personnel branch

The Dental Branch is a personnel branch of the Canadian Forces (CF). The Dental Branch (Canadian Forces) and the Canadian Forces Medical Service are formations of the Canadian Forces Health Services Group (CF H Svcs Gp) within the Military Personnel Command reporting to the Chief of Military Personnel.

Unification

When the Army, Royal Canadian Navy, and Royal Canadian Air Force were merged in 1968 to form the Canadian Forces, the Royal Canadian Dental Corps and Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps were deactivated and merged with their Naval and Air Force counterparts to form the Dental Branch (Canadian Forces) and the Canadian Forces Medical Service of the Canadian Forces Health Services Group (CF H Svcs Gp).

Order of precedence

Preceded by Canadian Forces Medical Service

Dental Branch

Succeeded by Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Branch

External links

	Canadian Armed Forces portal
	Dentistry portal
	Health and fitness portal
	Medicine portal

• Canadian Forces and Department of National Defence
• Canadian Forces Recruiting
• Critical Care On the Battlefield and Around the World: The Story of the Canadian Forces Health Services—Canadian War Museum
• Canadian Forces Medical Service—Introduction to its History and Heritage

References