DoD Polls Troops on Faster Dental Data Collection
Published Date: 1/23/2026
Notice
Summary
The Department of Defense wants your thoughts on a new way to collect dental health info from active and reserve military members. They’re checking if this info helps them do their job better and how to make the process easier and faster. You’ve got until March 24, 2026, to share your ideas—no cost to you, just your voice!
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 3 costs, 0 mixed.
Active/Reserve Dental Info Collected
If you are an active duty or reserve member of the Armed Forces, your dental health status will be recorded on DD Form 2813 (Department of Defense Active Duty/Reserve Forces Dental Examination) and provided to your military organization. The form is used annually to track dental status as required by Department of Defense policy.
Civilian Dentists Must Complete DD Form 2813
Civilian dentists (and other civilian dental providers) will use DD Form 2813 to record their dental exam findings for service members and provide that information to the member's military organization. The affected public includes business or other for-profit institutions and individuals who perform these exams.
Information Collection Time Burden
The proposed collection is estimated to involve 150,000 respondents, 5 responses per respondent (750,000 annual responses), an average burden of 3 minutes per response, and total annual burden of 37,500 hours, with frequency listed as annually (OMB Control Number 0720-0022; DD Form 2813).
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