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63H Public Health Dentist

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Overview

A Public Health Dentist conducts research, studies, and analyses of epidemiologic and dental health services issues. This officer recommends policies and programs for the dental health delivery system.

Core Skills

  • Epidemiologic research and study analysis
  • Dental health services research
  • Dental policy and program recommendations

Civilian Career Paths

Career associations are editorial assessments of the cited evidence, not an official crosswalk unless the evidence explicitly says so. O*NET supplies civilian occupation information, not proof of a military match. Related experience does not confer civilian qualifications. Tasks and tools below describe civilian work, not military training.

Dental Public Health Specialist

Research into epidemiologic and dental health services issues, combined with dental program recommendations, transfers directly to community oral health work.

How to prepare: Compare your dental education and specialty training with the intended state's licensing and specialty-practice requirements. Dentists must hold state licensure, usually requiring an accredited DDS or DMD and written and clinical exams, and specialty practice requires postdoctoral training, generally an accredited residency.

What the civilian work involves
  • Promote dental health and prevention of dental disease in communities.

Epidemiologists

Military epidemiologic research and analysis of dental health services provide a foundation for population-health research and evidence-based program recommendations.

How to prepare: First compare your existing professional education and epidemiology and quantitative training with target employers' requirements to identify specific coursework or degree gaps. BLS describes entry preparation as typically at least a master's degree in public health or a related field, with some epidemiologists holding doctorates in epidemiology or medicine, so assess existing qualifications before committing to another degree.

What the civilian work involves
  • Communicate research findings on various types of diseases to health practitioners, policy makers, and the public.
  • Oversee public health programs, including statistical analysis, health care planning, surveillance systems, and public health improvement.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • R
  • SAS

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (4 documents)
  1. Army COOL MOC feed: 63H Public Health Dentist

    [1] data/authority/army-codes.json entry 63H (OSD COOL feed, fetched 2026-07-25); DB rank officer, authority codeType officer

    Supports: Epidemiologic research and study analysis, Dental health services research, Dental policy and program recommendations, Dental Public Health Specialist, Epidemiologists (O*NET 19-1041.00)

  2. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Dentists

    [2] What Dentists Do, Dental public health specialists; retrieved 23 September 2026

    Supports: Dental Public Health Specialist

    [3]Bureau of Labor Statistics: Dentists and dental specialties · What They Do, specialty descriptions; How to Become One, Training and Licensure; retrieved 23 September 2026

    Supports: Dental Public Health Specialist

  3. O*NET: Epidemiologists

    [4] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Epidemiologists (O*NET 19-1041.00)

  4. Bureau of Labor Statistics: epidemiologist education and preparation

    [5] How to Become an Epidemiologist, Education; checked September 24, 2026

    Supports: Epidemiologists (O*NET 19-1041.00)

Defense contractor jobs for 63H

Predecessor codes

Historical codes with documented links to 63H. Each history page explains the change.

63G1Automotive Electrical Systems Repairer63G2Automotive Electrical Systems Repairer63Y1Track Vehicle Mechanic63Y2Track Vehicle Mechanic

Descriptions may be summarized for clarity. Verify all information with your branch career counselor or official military documentation before making career decisions.

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