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05-19-2015, 09:23 PM | #1 |
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Dental in Bootcamp
Hello all,
I ship out in 13 days, and today I went to the dentist for a cleaning. Turns out I have two cavities and a spot, all on my rear molars. One cavity could possibly need to have a root canal if not taken care of within 8-10 weeks. Should I have the work done ASAP or wait until bootcamp? I've heard that severe dental work could have you sent home. I also have my wisdom teeth so I'll probably get those pulled (so I've heard). Money isn't an issue I have great dental insurance it would only cost a co pay for the appointment. Thanks for your input!! |
05-19-2015, 09:30 PM | #2 | |
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05-19-2015, 09:37 PM | #3 |
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Awesome thanks for the info. I'll be able to deal with getting it done in one sitting which is what it'll be I'm sure. Just didn't want to screw myself over with a procedure I could have done now, but it'll save me a hundred bucks in co pays! Thanks again
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05-19-2015, 10:35 PM | #4 |
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Yea definitely wait until basic. If it's bad enough, they'll do it there. If not, you'll do it in A school or at your first command. SIQ is beautiful when at basic. Those were the two best days while there lol
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05-20-2015, 02:56 AM | #5 |
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Lol the first SIQ day was great after that I just laid there wondering what my brothers and sisters were doing all day... That sucked. At I missed a epic ITE session though.
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10-09-2015, 09:24 AM | #6 |
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You leave in such a short time it is not worth doing it now. As for ANY type of medical/dental procedure, you would then need a waiver...and you don't have time for that now. Cleanings don't count...but a major thing like a possible root canal would be...let the navy do the work
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10-09-2015, 05:05 PM | #7 |
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I missed all of my inspections except for the first half of the first one because of dental. I got 5 teeth pulled, who knows how many fillings, at least 2 caps, and a root canal I had to wait a very painful week on. You'll be fine lol
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11-15-2015, 06:27 PM | #8 |
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Do they put them completely under anesthesia. My husbands never had anesthesia or has ever been on pain meds. Just worried about him having a reaction.
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11-15-2015, 06:29 PM | #9 |
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From my knowledge, the just get numbing shots.
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11-15-2015, 07:11 PM | #11 |
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Thanks
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11-15-2015, 09:29 PM | #12 |
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Some of the best fun in boot was watching your shipmates coming back from medical/dental high as a kite from the meds and trying not to screw up around the RDCs. We had one guy that was pretty much a constant verbal stream of what was going through his head, which pretty much amounted to "Oh F, F F F F F F F I made eye contact with chief...is he going to drop me now? My face feels funny. That female needs to wash her hair. Am I drooling?" etc etc
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11-15-2015, 10:39 PM | #13 |
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[QUOTE=PringleMan;56696]Some of the best fun in boot was watching your shipmates coming back from medical/dental high as a kite from the meds and trying not to screw up around the RDCs. We had one guy that was pretty much a constant verbal stream of what was going through his head, which pretty much amounted to "Oh F, F F F F F F F I made eye contact with chief...is he going to drop me now? My face feels funny. That female needs to wash her hair. Am I drooling?" etc
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11-16-2015, 07:54 PM | #14 |
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Alot of my division, me included, didnt need to have our wisdom teeth pulled. Lucky us. One guy did get something like 7 root canals though...
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11-22-2015, 02:44 AM | #15 |
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I was the only one in my div that didn't get their wisdom teeth taken out, but they told me they would have to spend more time than a typical removal so they had me wait. Still haven't gotten them out...
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11-25-2015, 01:28 PM | #16 |
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Boot camp dental rocks! Super quick and painless. Good luck!
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12-11-2015, 08:28 AM | #17 |
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My son left for boot camp Dec 2, 2015. He has all four of his wisdom teeth, but they don't bother him. Do you think they'll pull them ? And at what point do they pull them, beginning or end of boot camp ? Thanks :-)
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12-11-2015, 11:46 AM | #18 |
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If they felt the need to pull his wisdom teeth, they would have done it early so as not to interfere with training. So since he has been there now for a week or so, if the navy felt the need, he is probably already having them out or will shortly.
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12-24-2015, 12:24 PM | #19 |
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So when you get teeth pulled, do you get dentures/veeners/implants? Or do you just walk around without teeth?
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12-24-2015, 12:26 PM | #20 |
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12-25-2015, 04:22 AM | #21 |
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It depends on each persons specific dental needs. But they generally just do the shots.
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12-25-2015, 08:51 PM | #22 |
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12-26-2015, 07:38 AM | #23 |
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Keep in mind, if any of your dental work includes anesthesia it becomes a surgery and you have to report it to meps
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12-26-2015, 10:56 AM | #24 |
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01-15-2016, 02:50 AM | #25 |
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Can you get kicked out of boot camp if you need a lot of dental work?
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It is very unlikely that, if you passed meps, you will be separated for dental.
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01-17-2016, 09:46 PM | #27 |
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they will fix it and pull wisdom teeth. also it does not hurt for the most part. teeth is not a big problem.
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