AFI47-101 Publication Summary:
Purpose:
This instruction sets forth Air Force policy with respect to managing the agency’s dental services IAW.
AFPD 47-1, Dental Services. It also implements the following directives and instructions for the Dental
Service and its activities worldwide: Title 10, United States Code (U.S.C.), Sections 1074, 1074a, 1076,
1076a, and 1077; DoD/HA Policy 98-031 Revised Utilization Management Policy for the direct Care
System when applied to Dental Practice; DoD Instruction 6015.22, Inter-Service Support Program (ISP)
for Military Dental Laboratories, May 12, 1992; and DoD Instruction 6410.1, Standardization of Dental
Classifications, November 8, 1990 and DOD Instruction 6410.2, Standardization of Code on Dental pro-cedures,
February 13, 1992. It also provides guidance to meet the civilian standards of the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the American
Dental Association.
Summary of Changes:
This revision incorporates Interim Change (IC) 2000-1 and deletes one out of date specification for dental
treatment room construction and allows more flexibility in the use of stamps in dental health records. It
incorporates additional guidance on the management of after hours dental emergencies and management
of AD orthodontic patients. This revision also changes conditions for space-available care for family
members enrolled in the TRICARE Family Member Dental Program to conform to Title 10, U.S.C. An
additional change provides clarification of Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard (ANG) policies for management of Reserve Component (RC) members identified as dental readiness class 3, or dental readi-ness
class 4. Lastly, it corrects administrative and typographic errors both in the body and in Attachments
and updates current guidance on AF forms 935, 935A, 1801, 1802, 1803 and DD form 2322 replacing
outdated examples. Changed material is indicated by a bar (|). The entire text of the IC is at the last
attachment.
Distribution:
Supersedes:
AFI 47-101, 5 May 1999.
History:
AFI 47-101, 5 May 1999; AFI 47-101, 1 May 1999, AFI 47-101, 7 Jun 94 and ANG Supplement 47-101, 5 June 1995.