Form PHS-6355 Report of Dental Examination

Department of Health and Human Services
Public Health Service Commissioned Corps
REPORT OF DENTAL EXAMINATION OF APPLICANTS TO THE
COMMISSIONED CORPS OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
(See Privacy Act Statement for Form PHS-6355)
NAME (Last, First, Middle)

SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER

(Please type or print)

INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANT
Present this form to your examining dentist for completion. Failure by you or your examiner to comply completely will delay
medical clearance, which is required prior to call to active duty. You may be able to obtain a dental examination at dental
examination sections of military medical facilities. If done privately, it must be done at your own expense.

INSTRUCTIONS TO EXAMINING DENTIST
A complete examination is required in order that all questions listed below can be completed. If there are a number of "Yes"
responses to questions listed below, or if otherwise clinically indicated, bitewing and panoramic (or diagnostic quality full
mouth) radiographs should be performed. If examinee has a questionable occlusal relationship, forward diagnostic casts to
the address at the end of this form.
(1)

Indicate on the chart below restorable teeth with an "R," non-restorable teeth with an "N," missing teeth with an "X," teeth
replaced by a fixed or removable prosthetics by a "continuous line," and any other defects or abnormalities. Do not chart
restorations.

RIGHT

(2)

1

2

3

32

31

30

4
29

5

6
28

7

8

9

27 26 25 24 23

10 11 12 13
22 21 20

14
19

15
18

16
17

LEFT

GENERAL (Check Yes or No for each question)
Yes No
a. DENTAL CARIES (Indicate on chart, do not chart incipiencies)
b. MISSING TEETH, OTHER THAN THIRD MOLARS (Indicate on chart by marking "X" through the roots)
c. NON-RESTORABLE TEETH (Indicate on chart by marking "N" through tooth)
d. UNERUPTED TEETH (Indicate by marking "U" in the position on the tooth)
e. DEVELOPMENTAL DISTURBANCES IN TEETH (Significant enamel hypoplasias, amelogenesis imperfecta, dentinogenesis imperfecta, etc.)
f. STAINED TEETH (Instrisic) (unsightly)

(3)

HISTORY OR ORAL DISEASE, TUMOR OR ANY OTHER ABNORMALITY OF THE ORAL CAVITY
(Check Yes or No for each question. If additional space is needed use "REMARKS" section)

Yes

No

a. HAS THE EXAMINEE EVER HAD A CYST OR TUMOR REMOVED FROM THE MOUTH OR JAWS (If so, describe)
b. HISTORY OF ABNORMAL BLEEDING OF THE ORAL TISSUES (Describe)
c. ORAL ULCERATIONS, SOFT TISSUE LESIONS, ETC. (Describe)
d. HISTORY OF CLEFT LIP
e. HISTORY OF CLEFT PALATE
(1) If yes, is there an oro-nasal or oro-antral fistula present?
f. HISTORY OF TMJ DISEASE OR PAIN (Describe)
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OCCLUSAL RELATIONSHIP (Check Yes or No for each question) (If additional space is needed, use "REMARKS" section)
Yes No
a. ANTERIOR VERTICAL OPEN BITE GREATER THAN 1mm.
b. ANTERIOR OVERBITE IN EXCESS OF 4mm.
c. ANTERIOR HORIZONTAL OVERJET IN EXCESS OF 4 mm.
d. SOFT TISSUE IMPINGEMENT OF THE LOWER ANTERIOR TEETH INTO THE HARD PALATE, OR THE UPPER ANTERIOR TEETH
INTO THE LOWER LABIAL GINGIVAE
e. ANTERIOR CROSSBITE (Describe)
f. MANDIBULAR PROGNATHISM
g. POSTERIOR OPEN BITE (Bilateral involving more than one tooth)
h. POSTERIOR CROSSBITE (Entire quadrant)
i. UNSIGHTLY CROWDING OF THE ANTERIOR TEETH
J. MULTIPLE CONGENITALLY MISSING TEETH

(5)

ORTHODONTICS (Check Yes or No for each question)
Yes No
a. PAST HISTORY OF ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT (If "Yes," date completed:

)

b. WAS INDICATION FOR ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT STRICTLY COSMETIC? (If functional corrections were made, please describe below)
c. WAS THERE EVER OR IS THERE NOW, ANY INDICATION OF POST TREATMENT ADVERSE SEQUELAE? (If "Yes," please explain below)
d. PRESENTLY UNDERGOING ACTIVE ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT (Specify fixed or removable)
e. WEARING RETAINER APPLIANCES

(6)

PROSTHODONTICS Check Yes or No for each question) (If additional space is needed, use "REMARKS" section)
Yes No
a. MISSING TEETH (Prosthesis required) (Describe)
b. MISSING TEETH REPLACED BY AN UNSERVICEABLE PROSTHESIS (Describe)
c. ARE THERE LESS THAN EIGHT, SERVICEABLE, NATURAL TEETH IN EACH ARCH?

(7)

PERIODONTAL STATUS (Check Yes or No for each question)
Yes No
a. MODERATE TO HEAVY CALCULUS (Supra and/or sub-gingival)
b. GINGIVITIS (Generalized)
c. ACUTE NECROTIZING ULCERATIVE GINGIVITIS
d. LOCAL OR GENERALIZED PERIODONTITIS (With associated bone loss)
e. JUVENILE PERIODONTITIS
f. PERIOCORONITIS

(8)

RESULTS OF RADIOGRAPHIC EXAMINATION, IF PERFORMED (Check Yes or No for each question)
(If additional space is needed, use "REMARKS" section)

Yes

No

a. ABNORMAL RADIOLUCENT/RADIOPAQUE AREA (Describe)
b. IMPACTED TEETH WITH PATHOLOGY (Describe)
c. IMPACTED TEETH WITH OTHER THAN THIRD MOLARS (Describe)
d. OTHER RADIOGRAPHIC ABNORMALITIES (Describe)

(9)

OTHER ABNORMAL CONDITIONS OF THE ORAL CAVITY NOT PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED ("X" Yes or No)
Yes No

(10) REMARKS (Indicate item of reference) (Use additional sheet if necessary)

NAME AND ADDRESS OF EXAMINING DENTIST (Please type or print)

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SIGNATURE OF DENTIST

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service Commissioned Corps

Privacy Act Statement
PHS-6355 "Report of Dental Examination of Applicants to the
Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service"
Authority:
Our authority to collect this information is 42 U.S.C. 202 et seq and Executive Order 10450.
Purpose and Use of Information: The information you and your dentist provide on this form will be used to determine
whether you meet the medical standards that apply to Public Health Service (PHS) Commissioned Corps officers. This
is a critical evaluation because you must be physically and mentally fit to perform satisfactorily in national or worldwide
health and defense emergencies. In addition, the information will be used to begin monitoring your health and fitness for
duty on an ongoing basis if you are appointed. It may be provided to other Federal Agencies that furnish you medical
care, when needed to ensure continuity of care or to evaluate your eligibility for benefits from that Agency based on your
medical condition. It may also be provided to health care practitioners in the private sector in the event you receive
emergency medical care or to ensure continuity of care.
In very rare circumstances this information may be provided to: a congressional office at your request; officials of this
Department or the Department of Justice to prepare an effective defense when the Department or any of its employees
are the subject of litigation; or your legal guardian if you are found mentally incompetent by a court of law.
More information about how these records are maintained is contained in the Privacy Act System Notice of Records
number 09-40-0002, PHS Commissioned Corps Medical Records, HHS/PSC/HRS, a copy of which may be obtained
from the office to which you submit this form.
Information Regarding Disclosure of Your Social Security Number (SSN): Disclosure of the SSN is mandatory under
provisions of the Social Security Act, since PHS Commissioned Corps officers are under social security covered
employment and taxes must be withheld from their salaries. The SSN is also used as an identifier throughout an
officer’s career. It is used primarily to identify an officer’s personnel, leave, and pay records and to related one to the
other. The SSN is also used in connection with lawful requests for information from former employers, educational
institutions, and financial or other organizations. The information gathered through the use of the number will be used
only as necessary in personnel administration processes carried out in accordance with established regulations and
published notices of systems of records. The use of the SSN is made necessary because of the large number of present
and former active, inactive, and retired officers and applicants who have identical names and birth dates, and whose
identities can only be distinguished by the SSN.
Effects of Nondisclosure: Failure to provide the information requested on these forms will eliminate your application from
further consideration. If you withhold or falsify information about your medical condition, your appointment will be
terminated, you will lose any benefits provided to you based on the false information, and you may be subject to criminal
or civil prosecution.

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