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Would you be getting your wisdom teeth pulled in boot camp or after boot camp? It would be awful to be kicked out of bootcamp or not make it AND to lose your teeth. What do you think?
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Posted >1 y ago
Responses: 13
Well, depends on how bad the condition of the wisdom teeth are. Having had all four ripped out in one sitting and given 4 days of quarters (1 day per tooth), I'd say wait until after AIT. But, again, we circle back to how bad they are. If they're that bad...shouldn't have shipped until they were out. Now, it taken during BCT, possible risk of recycling...same for AIT.
But, to answer the question, they're pulled when the dentist seems they need to be pulled.
But, to answer the question, they're pulled when the dentist seems they need to be pulled.
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Liz Susan
What if you had your teeth pulled out in the boot camp and you failed? Then youd leave with your teeth gone.
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Liz Susan - Ok. Now I'm starting to think you're a troll. Here's the deal. If you get your wisdom teeth yanked in Basic but somehow manage to have a big enough brainfart to fail Basic, then take solace in knowing you just got free dental surgery before getting kicked back to civilian life.
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Liz Susan - Look, troll......if you don't want them taken out during Basic or AIT....then don't join. Or....talk with the Dentist to see if it can wait until training is over. I mean, if you want to keep them, then you do you. Either way, makes not matter to me what trolls do.
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Some people never get their wisdom teeth removed. It is an invidiual case by case determination by a dentist.
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Maj Gail Lofdahl
My dad (now deceased, born 1913) had a wisdom tooth erupt through the gum like any other tooth. He even had a filling put in it. But it wasn't impacted, infected, or going to cause problems with the alignment of his other teeth.
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Getting your wisdom teeth pulled is not considered a major operation.
However leaving them in until you get an infection is very bad for you.
After all the infection would be within one inch of your brain.
Think about the problems from a nasty bug seeping into your noggin.
However leaving them in until you get an infection is very bad for you.
After all the infection would be within one inch of your brain.
Think about the problems from a nasty bug seeping into your noggin.
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