The Defence Dental Service (DDS) is a tri-service dental services provider to the

British Armed Forces The British Armed Forces, also known as His Majesty's Armed Forces, are the military forces responsible for the defence of the United Kingdom, its Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies. They also promote the UK's wider interests, ...

. The service forms part of the MoD

Defence Medical Services The Defence Medical Services (DMS) is an umbrella organisation within the Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom), Ministry of Defence in the United Kingdom. It consists of the Defence Medical Services Group, part of Strategic Command (United Kingdom ...

branch and employs approximately 9,100 personnel drawn from the

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by Kingdom of England, English and Kingdom of Scotland, Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were foug ...

British Army The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gur ...

and

Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) an ...

as well as civilian staff. The service is headquartered at

DMS Whittington DMS Whittington, otherwise known as Defence Medical Services Whittington (formerly Whittington Barracks), is a military base in Whittington, Staffordshire, near Lichfield in England. It is home to the Staffordshire Regiment Museum, the Headquarter ...

, near

Lichfield Lichfield () is a cathedral city and civil parish in Staffordshire, England. Lichfield is situated roughly south-east of the county town of Stafford, south-east of Rugeley, north-east of Walsall, north-west of Tamworth and south-west ...

in Staffordshire. DDS controls 12 regional headquarters, each headed by a Principle Dental Officer and provides dental services to personnel on active operations throughout the world.

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DDS hygiene programs and qualifications
From the General Dental Council. Dental organisations based in the United Kingdom Health in Staffordshire Lichfield District Medical units and formations of the United Kingdom Military history of Staffordshire Organisations based in Staffordshire {{UK-mil-stub