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Are everyone's wisdom teeth pulled out?
Does everyones wisdom teeth get pulled out or only if they have grown out? My daughter is a bit concerned she heard someone say they pulled everyones wisdom teeth out.
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Permalink Reply by Kathy (AOMom) on
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Cant listen to everything you hear. If they feel the wisdom teeth will cause them problems in the future they will take them out. My sailor still has hers, they came in fine. they will be checked many times during her enlistment, but no, not all are pulled.
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Permalink Reply by Logan7817 on
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I didn't think they would pull everyones out,now I'll give her the good news before she leaves tomorrow :(
Thank you!
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Permalink Reply by BunkerQB on
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I wouldn't let anyone do it except for our own dentist. Both my boys had theirs taken out and were pampered at home.
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Permalink Reply by lemonelephant on
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BQB, this is soomething we must agree to disagree on. The Navy dentists do this many more times than a civilian dentist and do a great job. The dentists at the RTC consider if there may be a problem in the future and remove one, two, three, or all four of the wisdom teeth if needed. If there is a question, they may indicate that the teeth are to be checked at "A" School and removed then if needed. They also may put off removal of wisdom teeth until later if there is dental work that needs to be taken care of first. Some may not need any wisdom teeth removed; my Sailor still has his wisdom teeth more than 4 years laster. If it is determined that the recruit does need to have any wisdom teeth removed, this is scheduled at a time that will be the least disruptive to training and often several in the division have it done on the same day so they are recovering together. The recruits have 2 days SIQ and have someone who checks to see that the recruits are taking their pain meds and drinking plenty of water as directed. They then have at least one day of LLD and must be checked before returning to full training. We often hear that recruits have the wisdome teeth removed on Thursday or Friday, so they have the weekend to recover. This is similar to the recovery time given in the civilian world. They are well taken care of and there have been recruits who were happy to have the time to rest and others who didn't have to have the teeth removed who wished that they had once they saw how their shipmates were treated while they had to clean the head or do other jobs in the compartment and continue with PT.
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Yep, we agree to disagree. If they have it done before going in at home and they develop an infection, they can get it taken care of so nothing stops them at BC.
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Very few have an infection at BC, and if that does happen, it results in additional days in SIQ or on LLD and does not usually delay PIR.
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There have been a number of cases of recruits being separated due to issues which started with having their wisdom teeth pulled.
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There have been many many more who did just fine and went on to be Sailors.
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Mine were pulled in tech school because they didn't want a toothache to interfere with duty later on. My son had his pulled last week ((maybe 2weeks ago) in BC. I just laughed when I read it in his letter...he has never had even a cavity but I knew they would snatch his wisdom teeth, I thought it would be in a school. We both had them cut out because they had not yet grown in.
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I am a wreck over this, my son will be having his pulled this week. Can I stop it? They are not bothering him at all.
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Both my sons had their wisdom teeth pulled at home in their senior year. The THOUGHT of having it done was much worst than the real thing. They were babies about it before it was done but seriously it was not big deal. I prefer to have them taken out by our regular dentist; however, I am in the minority. Apparently, most think having it done by Navy dentists is just fine. My sailor had surgery done by Navy doctors - it was all good. So, take a deep breath, he'll be OK.
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