Dental

The Fort Riley Dental Health Activity is a group of professionals dedicated to the provision of timely and reliable dental care to the Soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division. The DENTAC is focused on increasing and maintaining warfighter readiness.

Emergency Dental Care

A dental emergency is defined as an injury or condition with severe pain, bleeding, or infection, which obviously requires immediate attention. During the normal duty day Soldiers will report to their assigned dental clinic during usual sick call hours (0730-0830), and family members must contact their civilian dentist. Emergencies that arise on duty days outside of sick call hours will be worked in During non-duty days (weekends and holidays), and after normal hours, soldiers will first report to the Irwin Army Community Hospital Emergency Room (Bldg 650), telephone 239-7777, where they will be screened. Family members must first contact their civilian dentist for after-hours emergency dental care. If the civilian dentist cannot be contacted, the family member would then report to the Irwin Army Community Hospital Emergency Room for screening.

Urgent Dental Care

An urgent dental condition is one which causes discomfort such as lost fillings, chipped teeth, minor toothaches, or irritated gums. These conditions are not emergencies and can be treated with home remedies until the Soldier can be seen at their assigned dental clinic during usual sick call hours (0730-0830) on normal duty days. Family members will schedule urgent dental care with their civilian dentist.

Routing Dental Care

Routine dental care is care given for conditions which are not urgent or emergent in nature, and includes periodic examinations, oral prophylaxis (tooth cleaning), specialty referrals, routine fillings, crowns/caps, and other appointments. Routine care normally begins with the patient reporting to their assigned dental clinic for an oral examination, development of a treatment plan, and establishment of their first treatment appointment. Family members would coordinate this through their civilian dentist. ORTHODONTIC CARE IS NOT AVAILABLE.

Dental Clinic Assignment

Active-duty Soldiers are assigned to a particular dental clinic for urgent and routine dental care according to their unit of assignment. There is no family member "space available care." Therefore, family members of active-duty Soldiers are strongly encouraged to enroll in the TRICARE Dental Program. For more information please visit: https://www.uccitdp.com/home. A unit's clinic of assignment can be found in information sheets available at each dental clinic on post, or by calling one of the clinics listed.