A medical corps is generally a military branch or officer corps responsible for medical care for serving military personnel.
Such officers are typically[citation needed] military physicians.
The following organizations are examples of medical corps: In the British Armed Forces and Commonwealth of Nations: In the United States military: In the Indian Armed Forces In the French Armed Forces: In the Irish Defence Forces: In the Israel Defense Forces: In the Myanmar Armed Forces: In the Bangladesh Armed Forces: In the Polish Armed Forces: In the Singapore Armed Forces: In the South African National Defence Force: In the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation: In the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr): A dental corps is a specialist military unit, generally including dentists and dedicated to maintaining the dental health of service personnel.
Dental corps are therefore a kind of medical corps, and are typically either within the medical corps of their military organization, or closely associated with it.