NOTE: Routine dental care for family members is done
in the local community through United Concordia. Family
members are authorized ONLY emergency dental care at the Wilcox dental
clinic. Emergency numbers are: during duty hours -
772-5576, after duty hours - 772-5236.
The TDP is available to family
members of all active duty Uniformed Service personnel and to Selected Reserve
and IRR members and/or their families. To be eligible for the TDP,
the sponsor must have at least 12 months remaining on his or her service
commitment with the parent Service at the time of enrollment. When
the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS) indicates less that
12 months remaining, United Condordia will validate the intent of those active
duty, Selected Reserve, or IRR members to continue their service
commitment. This service commitment will be based on the time
remaining in any single status or in any uninterrupted combination of active
duty, Selected Reserve, ot IRR status.
Individuals eligible to enroll in
the TDP include the following:
1. Family members of active
duty, Selected Reserve,a nd IRR service members. This includes
spouses and umarried children (including step children, adopted children, and
wards) under the age of 21. Family members will be eligible up to the
end of the month in which they turn 21. Family Members amy be
eligiable after 21 if:
**They are enrolled full time at an accredited
college or university and they are more that 50 percent dependent on the sponsor
for financial support. These students are eligible tot he end of the
month in which they turn age 23. If the students terminate his or her
education prior to turning 23, eligibility ends at the end of the month in which
education terminates.
**They have a disabling illness or injury that
occured before their 21st birthday, or between the ages of 21 and 23 if they
were enrolled as a full time student at the time of the illness or injury, and
they were more that 50 percent dependent on the sponsor for financial
support.
2. Selected Reserve and IRR service
members.
NOTE: All enrollees are eligible for dental care in
both CONUS and OCONUS service areas. The family member does not have
to be command sponsored, listed on the sponsor's change of assignment orders, or
formally recognized as a family member on an accompanied tour to receive dental
care in the OCONUS service area.