Expenditure on the defence dental services (DDS) is presented in the following table. The total is shown as a sum of Direct Resource Expenditure (R-DEL—Salaries and consumable resources) followed by Capital Resource Expenditure (C-DEL—fixed assets) for each year. Indirect DEL (Depreciation etc.) is not included. Prior to 2005, the DDS was a Defence Agency (the Defence Dental Agency).
Figures for the last five years are:
Financial year RDEL CDL Total 2002-03 40.801 0.900 41.701 2003-04 48.677 1.253 49.930 2004-05 49.466 1.205 50.671 2005-06 52.253 0.445 52.698 2006-071 54.400 1.833 56.233 1 Please note that the figures for the financial year 2006-07 have yet to be finalised.
The number of times military dental officers deployed on operations in each calendar year is shown in the following table:
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Op Herrick— Afghanistan — — — — 16 Op Telic—Iraq — 32 24 24 24 Op Palatine— Bosnia 8 8 — — — Op Occulus— Balkans — — 8 8 8 Op Agricola— Kosovo 4 4 4 4 —
As of April 2007 there were nine defence dental service uniformed dental officers working as Principal Dental Officer (PDO) located at regional Headquarters in the UK, one in Germany and one in Cyprus.
The primary role of a PDO is to provide higher management to the regional dental centres. However, a number of PDOs also provide primary dental care at a dental clinic within their region.