Cap badge of the Royal Army Dental Corps

The Royal Army Dental Corps (RADC) is a specialist corps in the British Army that provides dental care services to British Army personnel and their families in war and in peace. The Corps form part of the British Army's Army Medical Services. Image File history File links 169. ... Image File history File links 169. ... A corps (a word that migrated from the French language, pronounced IPA: , but originating in the Latin corpus, corporis meaning body; plural same as singular) is either a large military unit or formation, an administrative grouping of troops within an army with a common function (such as artillery or signals... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ... The Army Medical Services is an umbrella organisation responsible for administering the four separate units responsible for supplying medical and nursing services in the British Army. ...

The Corps does not carry any battle honours, Regimental Colour or Queen's Colour. A battle honour is a military tradition practiced in the Commonwealth countries of the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand and is an official acknowledgement rewarded to military units for their achievements in specific wars or operations of a military campaign. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Colours, standards and guidons. ... In the days when battle was conducted at close quarters, it was necessary for soldiers to be able to determine where, during the heat of battle, their regiment was. ...

Currently, the Corps maintain alliences with the Dental Branch of the Canadian Armed Forces, the Royal Australian Army Dental Corps and the Royal New Zealand Dental Corps. The Canadian Forces (CF) (Fr: Forces canadiennes (FC)) are the combined branches of the military of Canada. ...

History

While army regimental surgeons had been providing dental care services to soldiers since ca. 1660, it was not until 1901 that a dental service branch was formerly established under the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC). In 1921, dentists of the RAMC were split off into a separate Army Dental Corps (ADC). The Corps was awarded the "Royal" prefix to become the Royal Army Dental Corps in November 1946 in recognition of its service in World War II. The Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) is a specialist corps in the British Army which provides medical services to all British Army personnel and their families in war and in peace. ... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom France Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Charles de Gaulle Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian...

Royal Army Dental Corps specialisations

Qualified dentists are all commissioned officers. Non-commissioned officers may be: X-rays can reveal if a person has cavities Dentistry is the practical application of knowledge of dental science (the science of placement, arrangement, function of teeth) to human beings. ... In military organizations, a commissioned officer is a member of the service who derives authority directly from a sovereign power, and as such holds a commission from that power. ... A non-commissioned officer (sometimes noncommissioned officer), also known as an NCO or noncom, is a non-commissioned member of an armed force who has been given authority by a commissioned officer. ...

• Dental Hygenist
• Dental Nurse
• Dental Technician

Order of Precedence

The Small Arms School Corps is a small corps of the British Army responsible for maintaining the proficiency of the army in the use of small arms and support weapons. ... For the purposes of parading, the regular army of the British Army is listed according to an order of precedence. ... The Intelligence Corps (also known as Int Corps) is one of the corps of the British Army. ...

External link

• http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/corps/RADC.htm