DAFI47-101 — Managing Dental Services

DAFI47-101 governs Department of the Air Force dental services, including dental readiness, reporting, treatment refusal, and expeditionary care.

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  • Publication number: DAFI47-101
  • Title: MANAGING DENTAL SERVICES
  • Date: 2026-07-08

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DAFI47-101 covers dental readiness, reporting, postmortem dental identification, refusal of dental treatment, special duty personnel, and training and currency. It requires privacy compliance, protected information collection and maintenance, records management, and routing of supplements and waiver requests.

Applies to: This publication applies to the entire Department of the Air Force (DAF), the United States Air Force (USAF), the United States Space Force (USSF), the Air Force Reserve (AFR), and the Air National Guard (ANG).

Topics covered

  • Dental readiness
  • Expeditionary dental care
  • Dental reporting
  • Postmortem dental identification
  • Refusal of dental treatment
  • Special duty personnel
  • Training and currency

Questions and answers

How must records generated under DAFI47-101 be handled?

Ensure all records generated as a result of processes prescribed in this publication adhere to Air Force Instruction 33-322, Records Management and Information Governance Program, and are disposed in accordance with the Air Force Records Disposition Schedule, which is located in the Air Force Records Information Management System.

What does DAFI47-101 say about waiver authorities?

The authorities to waive wing, unit, delta or garrison level requirements in this publication are identified with a Tier (“T-0, T-1, T-2, T-3”) number following the compliance statement.

What changes does DAFI47-101 emphasize?

Changes include a focus on the delivery of care in expeditionary/austere environments and processes required to ensure force-wide dental readiness.

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