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Hey everyone. I’ll be shipping out on May for BCT. Today while eating some apple, dental filling on the edge of my front tooth came off. I would love to get it done before shipping but yesterday my recruit told me I have to quarantine myself until I ship. And with the current situation, there’s probably no open dental clinics. Is it possible to get it in BCT?
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Basic Combat Training (BCT)AIT Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS) Medical
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If it's urgent and causes discomfort they will fix it at dental sick call in BCT. You'll have to wait till you get to your unit to do elective procedures like fixing chipped teeth.
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I've got a spot on a front tooth that's chipped, been filled twice, keeps coming out, so I stopped bothering. Hell I even lost a filling in a molar at jump school. I wouldn't worry about this much unless it's causing discomfort.
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You’ll get it in BCT, if it bothers you or causes pain/discomfort you will go to sick call. I’d highly suggest going to sick call during reception so you don’t miss training. If I’m not mistaken I believe you need a dental checkup while in reception anyways. Either way yes-you can get your tooth fixed if it’s causing pain, if not it can be done after you get to your first duty station..maybe AIT.
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It doesn’t cause any pain, but it left a sharp shape filling and rubs a bit on my lip which is not so much uncomfortable and it looks like theres a gap between my teeth. I’m worried while I leave it as it is, most of the filling that is left will come off too.
So I guess I’ll have to wait intil AIT...
So I guess I’ll have to wait intil AIT...
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You should require a visit as part of reception, if mention it there to the dental officer to see if maybe they can give you a quick fix or temporary solution, good luck to you!
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Ok, here comes the the practical, yet non Army Values answer.
If you can get it fixed prior to shipping, do it. Just keep that little fact to yourself.
You don't have to tell everyone everything.
There's going to be people on here that will say this is against Army values blah, blah, blah....
You're not in the Army yet, and you're about to understand common sense is tossed out the window.
If you can wait, I'd mention it at reception. They may or may not fix it for you.
If you can get it fixed prior to shipping, do it. Just keep that little fact to yourself.
You don't have to tell everyone everything.
There's going to be people on here that will say this is against Army values blah, blah, blah....
You're not in the Army yet, and you're about to understand common sense is tossed out the window.
If you can wait, I'd mention it at reception. They may or may not fix it for you.
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I’d love to solve my issue now before I ship, before it gets worse in the future, but I’m afraid there won’t be any dental clinics opening anytime soon in my area because the one I’m looking to get it done has been affected heavily by the virus.
I always think of solving issues as early as possible. I don’t want this small stuff getting in the way of my training.
I always think of solving issues as early as possible. I don’t want this small stuff getting in the way of my training.
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Call around, see if there is a dentist taking emergency's. Tell them your situation. It doesn't take long for a filling. If you're coming in as a SPC you have a BA/S so you can figure this one out.
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The issue is...is it causing you pain right now? If so, the dental clinics consider that an emergency and will see you with all precautions taken. If not, just hang in there.
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It is not causing any issue right now but I’m worried that it may in the future. I just want to address it as early if I can. I don’t want to be requesting for a sick call just to get it fixed, I don’t want to miss a day at BCT.
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I think you should inform your recruiter of has happened and get his/her advice.
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If you can wait until you ship, do so. While in reception you'll be able to see a dentist. When i went through a Soldier had about six teeth pulled before shipping from reception to actual BCT.
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It would depend on the dentist’s professional opinion on how likely the chipped tooth is to cause you pain or interfere with your ability to eat.
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