Under the direction of the Principal Dental Officers (PDO), Defence Dental Services (DDS) Regional Headquarters are responsible for the efficient and effective delivery of primary dental care to the armed forces in the UK and overseas.
The locations of the nine UK Regional Defence HQs, plus two overseas, and the numbers of DDS personnel at each, broken down by role, are shown as follows. In Germany and Cyprus primary dental care is extended to authorised dependants and other entitled personnel.
Location Principal dental officer Principal dental warrant officer Principal dental corporal Civilian administration assistant Scotland (Edinburgh) 1 1 1 0 Northern England (Catterick) 1 1 1 1 East Midlands and Anglia (Cranwell) 1 1 1 0 West Midlands and Wales (Innsworth) 1 1 1 0 London and South East (London) 1 1 1 0 Home Counties (Aldershot) 1 1 1 0 Wessex (Tidworth) 1 1 1 1 Portsmouth 1 1 1 1 South West (Devonport) 1 1 1 0 Germany (Wegberg)1 1 1 1 1 Cyprus (Episkopi)2 1 1 1 0 1 In addition there is one army major responsible for clinical operations and one civilian clerk translator. 2 In addition there is one part time Civilian Orthodontist.