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The Royal Army Dental Corps (RADC) is a specialist corps in the British Army that provides dental health services to British Army personnel and their families in war and in peace. The corps is a part of the British Army's Army Medical Services.
Formed in 1921, the Royal Army Dental Corps has taken care of the British Army’s dental health for a century, whether in barracks or on active operations.
In 1901, with dental care becoming increasingly sophisticated, dentists were eventually formed into a distinct service within the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC).
In 1921, in recognition of their services, dentists were withdrawn from the RAMC to form a corps of their own.
The corps was awarded the "royal" prefix to become the Royal Army Dental Corps in November 1946 in recognition of its service in the Second World War.
King George VI granted the ‘Royal’ prefix to the Corps and a new cap badge was designed depicting the legend of Cadmus.
The dragon and the corps motto, 'Ex Dentibus Ensis' (‘From the teeth, a sword’), both refer to an Ancient Greek legend. Cadmus, a mythical king, and founder of Thebes is said to have buried the teeth of a slain dragon only for a host of armed men to spring suddenly from the ground.
