text: Chapter 8
  Table 8-2. Primary tasks and purposes of the dental services function (continued)
  Primary task Purpose
  Relieve oral pain, eliminate acute infection, control life-threatening oral
  Conduct emergency dental
  conditions (hemorrhage, cellulitis, or respiratory difficulty) and treat trauma
  care
  to teeth, jaws, and associated facial structures.
  Conduct essential dental Prevent potential dental emergencies and maintain the overall oral fitness
  care of Soldiers at levels consistent with combat readiness.
  Provide oral maxillofacial surgery capability to minimize loss of life and
  Perform oral maxillofacial
  disability resulting from oral and maxillofacial injuries and wounds within
  surgery
  the area of operations.