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Wisdom Teeth

Posted by MarkM on December 3, 2009 at 10:23pm in General Discussion
My wife saw somewhere on Navyformoms that the majority of recruits will have their wisdom teeth extracted by the third week. Does anyone have info on this?

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  • Stephanie Waller December 22, 2009 at 10:08pm
    yes this is true because they do not want any problems with them while they are out to sea before my husband left he was looking up all that info
  • YNC(SW/AW) Erica H. Grubb December 10, 2009 at 1:41pm
    Honestly, not everyone gets their wisdom teet pulled at bootcamp. All personnel are evaluated and it is determined if there could be a future issue with their wisdom teeth. I for one did not have any teeth pulled while at Boot Camp.

    V/r
    YNC Erica Grubb
  • Gary Jensen December 9, 2009 at 6:20pm
    Brian mentioned that he went to the dentist during "the call" to his mom. As I previously mentioned in this thread, we had Brian's wisdom teeth pulled before he left for boot camp. If they gave Sean two days in SIQ, he'll hopefully be in good shape as long as he follows directions and keeps the gauze clamped down. I remember when I got my wisdom teeth pulled as a teenager, I was in pain for a few days afterwards. The pain medication should see him through his recovery in SIQ though.

    Eddie Gamboa said:
    My son just called me and stated that he got his pulled out a couple of days ago. Today, he got his H1N1 shot. As far as his wisom teeth, he said he was too numb to feel the pain. He said he got 2 days of SIQ. That's a good thing right?..............
  • MarkM December 9, 2009 at 4:52pm
    Eddie, when did your son ship?
  • Eddie Gamboa December 9, 2009 at 4:29pm
    My son just called me and stated that he got his pulled out a couple of days ago. Today, he got his H1N1 shot. As far as his wisom teeth, he said he was too numb to feel the pain. He said he got 2 days of SIQ. That's a good thing right?..............
  • Steven Anderson December 5, 2009 at 5:39am
    Well... if its anything like the Marine Corps, they'll give them light duty and a few tylenol following the procedure (which by the way does not mean bed rest) and next day it's right back into the grind...bloody gauze and all.
  • MarkM December 4, 2009 at 9:57pm
    I had mine removed while on leave. My dentist was a Navy reservist. He did it as an emergency and the Navy paid for it.
  • Paul December 4, 2009 at 9:50pm
    It all depends on the xrays, if they are impacted and pose a problem, consider them gone.. I didn't have mine pulled until after i was in about 10 yrs. Had orders to a Sub Base, and their dentist don't like seeing wisdom teeth at all. Then all 4 of mine were history as well.
  • Gary Jensen December 4, 2009 at 2:16pm
    We actually had our son's wisdom teeth extracted prior to his leaving for RTC. Yes, it was an expense for us which I had mixed feelings about paying for. However, my ex-wife and I discussed it and felt that it might be preferable to have it done before he left to get it "out of the way". The oral surgeon said that the Navy would extract wisdom teeth before deploying anyone, regardless.

    The upside for us and my son was that we could select the surgeon who we had confidence in. We chose to have him use a general anesthetic, rather than just local (not sure if the Navy uses general or just local). In addition, we could provide a bit more TLC for the post-op.

    The downside is that we basically incurred an expense (even after insurance) that we otherwise would not have had to incur since this procedure would be taken care of by the Navy. I really can't imagine recruits having to deal with the post-op healing during boot camp, but I guess they make the necessary provisions. Another issue was that we scheduled the surgery a bit closer than I would have liked to his leaving for RTC. However, by the time he shipped out, he was pain free and had no problems.
  • NavyDads Admin (Paul) December 4, 2009 at 8:54am
    Boot Camp Slang Link...

    Mark Mangus said:
    oh, duh. memory fade.

    NavyDads Admin (Paul) said:
    "sick in quarters"

    Mark Mangus said:
    SIQ?

    NavyDads Admin (Paul) said:
    usually get one or two SIQ days...and killer drugs!!!!

    Mark Mangus said:
    Very interesting. That can be a painful experience. Wonder how they handle it and keep up with training?

    David R said:
    My son and other had theirs pulled at boot camp also. Explanation was as stated before, they would rather do it there with all the medical support than in a sick bay aboard ship.
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