Royal Canadian Dental Corps
The Royal Canadian Dental Corps (RCDC, French: Corps dentaire royal canadien) is a personnel branch of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). Most members of RCDC, along with the members of the Royal Canadian Medical Service, are employed in the Canadian Forces Health Services Group (CF H Svcs Gp) within the Military Personnel Command reporting to the Chief of Military Personnel. All members of RCDC wear Army uniform. The branch was first raised in 1915 as the Canadian Army Dental Corps and was known from 1947 until 1968 as The Royal Canadian Dental Corps. From 1968 to 2013 the branch was previously named the Dental Branch.[1][2]
Royal Canadian Dental Corps
1939–present
Canada
1 headquarters and 26 detachments in Canada and Europe. Personnel from 1 Dental Unit are also posted to 1 Field Ambulance in Edmonton, 2 Field Ambulance in Petawawa, 5 Field Ambulance in Valcartier and 1 Canadian Field Hospital in Petawawa, ON.
Sanitas in ore (Latin for 'oral health')
- Quick: "March Past of the Royal Canadian Dental Corps"
- Slow: "Greensleeves"
- Colonel John A Armstrong (1915-1919)
- Brigadier General William R Thompson (1976-1982)
- Brigadier General Victor J Lanctis (1993-1996)
1 Dental Unit is composed of military and civilian personnel providing dental care to the Canadian Armed Forces in both garrison and while deployed overseas.
This unit was allied with the following: