Manual of the Medical Department (NAVMED P-117): Chapter 15: Medical Examinations: Physical Standards

15-55 Dental

Department of the Navy
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery

(a) Diseases or abnormalities of the jaws or associated tissues which are not easily remediable and which will incapacitate the individual or prevent the satisfactory performance of military duty.

(b) Malocclusion, severe, which interferes with the mastication w a normal diet.

(c) Oral tissues, extensive loss of, in an amount that would prevent replacement of missing teeth with a satisfactory prosthetic appliance.

(d) Orthodontic Appliances. Individuals who have orthodontic appliances and who are under active treatment are administratively unacceptable for enlistment w induction in the active or Reserve components of the Navy and Marine Corps. Individuals undergoing orthodontic we are acceptable fa enlistment in the Delayed Entry Program or a Reserve Component of the Navy and Marine Corps only if a civilian or a military orthodontist provides documentation that active orthodontic treatment will have been completed prior to entry on initial active duty fa training or active duty. Individuals with retainer orthodontic appliances who are not required to undergo active treatment are administratively acceptable for enlistment, commissioning, initial active duty fa training, w active duty status.

(e) Relationship between the mandible and maxilla of such a nature as to preclude future satisfactory prosthodontia replacement.