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Advancement/Promotions
Promotion eligibility to each pay grade (temporary or permanent grade, whichever is higher) is based upon a simple equation: the sum of one's training plus experience. For example in the case of a dentist, undergraduate and dental school counts for 8 years of training credit. Therefore, entry-level dentists who have just graduated receive 8 years of training credit & 0 years of experience credit. This equals promotion eligibility to the temporary 0-3 grade. All entry-level dentists come into the Public Health Service (PHS) at the 0-3 pay grade. Experience includes all of one's years of practice as a dentist, whether in the private sector or uniformed services. In the case of a dental hygienist, a bachelor's degree counts as 4 years of credit. Once you obtain your bachelor's degree, any experience from that point counts towards Training and Experience (T&E) credit.
Eligibility (for promotion to next pay grade) =
TRAINING + EXPERIENCE (in years):
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| PAY GRADE
| TOTAL OF TRAINING & EXPERIENCE
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| 0-2 |
4 years |
| 0-3 |
8 years |
| 0-4 |
12 years |
| 0-5 |
17 years |
| 0-6 |
24 years |
Dentists with 12 to 16 years of T&E credit enter the PHS at the 0-3 temporary grade and must serve in their PHS position for six months before being eligible for promotion to the temporary 0-4 grade.
Dentists with 17 or more years of training and experience enter the PHS at the permanent 0-4 (pay) grade and must serve in their PHS position for one year before being eligible for promotion to the temporary 0-5 (pay) grade. Dentists entering the PHS from the private sector or military services may receive no more than 17 years Training & Experience credit, regardless of their total number of years of training and experience.
Because the promotion board meets only once each year, an officer who becomes eligible for promotion may need to wait several additional months before being considered, depending upon his or her call-to-duty date and the promotion board's meeting date.
Dentists may not transfer to the PHS from other uniformed services if they have served more than 8 years in active-duty status, unless a waiver can be justified. This ensures at least twelve years of service to the PHS prior to retirement at twenty years total.
The age limit for entry into the PHS is 44 years, meaning that individual must be called to duty prior to his or her forty-fourth birthday. Active-duty time in any uniformed service extends that age limit by the amount of active-duty time served. For example, an individual with 3 years of active-duty service in the Armed Forces may enter the PHS prior to his or her 47th birthday.
Click here to view IHS Dental Vacancies or click here to find out How to Apply.
To see and hear more about the Division of Oral Health experience please click here to view different clips of our video Opportunity Adventure Purpose.
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Point of Contact: Timothy L. Lozon, DDS
1-800-IHS-DENT (447-3368) or 301-443-0029 (direct)
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