Want to enlist, worried about my teeth

blueice6102 · 01-08-2016, 12:57 PM

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 · 01-08-2016, 01:54 PM

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 · 01-08-2016, 01:56 PM

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 · 01-08-2016, 02:21 PM

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 · 01-08-2016, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by 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.

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

gopacgo12 · 01-08-2016, 02:57 PM

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 · 01-08-2016, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by 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.

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

LT Guppy · 01-08-2016, 06:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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.

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

blueice6102 · 01-08-2016, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Guppy

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

Thank you.

01-08-2016, 12:57 PM	#1
blueice6102 Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Posts: 57 Rep Power: 12	Want to enlist, worried about my teeth 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?

01-08-2016, 01:54 PM	#2
LT Guppy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,858 Rep Power: 343	It takes a lot for dental to keep you from enlisting. I'd talk to a recruiter and see what they have to say. __________________ Officers: making simple stuff hard since 1775 ACTIVE DUTY SAILORS - Click here to have your account verified

01-08-2016, 02:57 PM	#6
gopacgo12 Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Northern California Posts: 55 Rep Power: 12	Don't Worry 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.

01-08-2016, 01:56 PM	#3
Spook Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Nowhere Posts: 104 Rep Power: 19	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.

01-08-2016, 02:21 PM	#4
blueice6102 Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Posts: 57 Rep Power: 12	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!