In order to obtain maximum benefit from professional capabilities of the Dental
Corps, a carefully organized dental service system providing technical and administrative support for professional personnel is necessary. Dental specialists and other auxillary personnel play very important roles in making this possible. A dental officer working with an efficient assistant can provide better and substantially more dental care than by working alone.

The subcourses in the Army correspondence course program for dental specialists
are not designed to turn out completely trained personnel. This can be accomplished only by close supervision while in an on-the-job status. The subcourses are designed to provide a review for personnel working in the dental area and provide the basic fundamentals and techniques for personnel interested in the auxiliary dental fields.

This subcourse presents a general discussion of the instruments, their use, and the
instrument setups used with the various procedures of dentistry, including basic
examination, anesthetic, restorative, surgical, periodontic, endodontic, and prosthodontic.

This subcourse consists of five lessons and two appendixes. The lessons and
appendixes are as follows:
Lesson 1, The Basic Examination and Anesthetic Instruments.
Lesson 2, Restorative Instruments.
Lesson 3, Surgical Instruments.
Lesson 4, Periodontic and Endodontic Instruments.
Lesson 5, Prosthodontic Instruments.
Appendix A, Typical Instrument Setups.
Appendix B, List of Instruments Used in Restorative Procedures.