Want to enlist, worried about my teeth

[blueice6102]

I've been wanting to join the Navy for awhile, but I am worried about my teeth. They are bad & will probably all get ripped out. Do they give you dentures/implants or are you just toothless? Also I figure it would hurt, I do not enjoy dental pain, I am dental phobic. Should I suck it up & go to the recruiting station today or tomorrow, or should I try & fix my teeth up as best as I can afford & enlist after?

[LT Guppy]

It takes a lot for dental to keep you from enlisting. I'd talk to a recruiter and see what they have to say.

[Spook]

In RTC you will get false teeth if they pull them. When it comes to the pain, they reeeeeeeally drug up the recruits. You shouldn't be worried. I HATE dentist work. I needles hate in my mouth and I was fine.

[blueice6102]

You know, I need this & I can not let anything stop me. I will go to my recruiting station Monday morning & tell them I want to enlist. Thanks for all your help!

[blueice6102]

In RTC you will get false teeth if they pull them. When it comes to the pain, they reeeeeeeally drug up the recruits. You shouldn't be worried. I HATE dentist work. I needles hate in my mouth and I was fine.

Thank you. I thought they used pills? Oh well, needles here I come. :)

[gopacgo12]

That was what was preventing me also but I talked to my recruiter and told her that I had a missing tooth on a retainer and they said that once I get to boot camp they will take care of me and the navy will cover the cost of getting a false tooth permanently placed in that blank spot.

[blueice6102]

That was what was preventing me also but I talked to my recruiter and told her that I had a missing tooth on a retainer and they said that once I get to boot camp they will take care of me and the navy will cover the cost of getting a false tooth permanently placed in that blank spot.

Thanks. I am going to the recruiting station Monday morning & telling them I want to enlist.

[LT Guppy]

In RTC you will get false teeth if they pull them. When it comes to the pain, they reeeeeeeally drug up the recruits. You shouldn't be worried. I HATE dentist work. I needles hate in my mouth and I was fine.

Maybe.
Depending on where and how many, they may wait for a more convenient time.

[blueice6102]

Maybe.
Depending on where and how many, they may wait for a more convenient time.

Thank you.