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63K Pediatric Dentist

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Overview

A pediatric dentist examines, diagnoses, and treats or prescribes treatment for diseases, abnormalities, injuries, and defects of the teeth and supporting structures in children from birth through adolescence. The dentist also treats patients of any age who have mental, physical, or emotional handicaps.

Core Skills

  • Dental care for patients with disabilities
  • Treatment of tooth and supporting-structure injuries

Civilian Career Paths

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Pediatric Dentist

Army duties directly cover dental examination, diagnosis, and treatment for children from birth through adolescence and patients with disabilities of any age.

How to prepare: Request a review of your dental degree, examination history, and pediatric specialty training against your intended state's licensing and specialty-practice requirements. State licensure is required, usually with an accredited DDS or DMD and written and clinical exams; specialty practice also requires postdoctoral training.

What the civilian work involves
  • Provide dentistry for children and special-needs patients.

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (2 documents)
  1. Army COOL MOC feed: 63K Pediatric Dentist

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

    Supports: Dental care for patients with disabilities, Treatment of tooth and supporting-structure injuries, Pediatric Dentist

  2. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Dentists and dental specialties

    [2] What They Do, specialty descriptions; How to Become One, Training and Licensure; retrieved 23 September 2026

    Supports: Pediatric Dentist

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