Subs & Wisdom

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Permalink Reply by Darryl K on March 27, 2013 at 7:27pm

It has been a common practice for anyone in the Sub training pipeline to get their wisdon teeth yanked out; our son had all his taken out prior to joining the navy, so i can't confirm that they still do; 20 years ago mine we're pulled while in bootcamp, the theory is that if they get impacted while underway on Subs, they don't really have the ability to address it and they found it easier to take care of it in advance; i'm assuming they still do.....

Permalink Reply by Bruce Crandall on March 27, 2013 at 7:29pm

My boy is in BESS after BC and he has all his wisdom teeth. Unless your son's teeth are bad, he should be fine with them...

Permalink Reply by Randy Leeper on March 27, 2013 at 10:24pm

I have to chime in on this one. I have two sons in the Navy. The older one is on the Sub - USS Alexandria he was told by his recruiter (a submariner) that they(Navy) would remove his wisdom teeth if he still had them prior to going on deployment. We had them removed by our dentist prior to boot camp.

Our other son went in 1 1/2 yrs ago and is 3rd class Petty officer IT on a destroyer in San Diego. His ship is preparing to go on deployment in early

April. Yesterday he went to the Navy dentist for a check-up. The dentist saw a wisdom tooth and he immediately yanked out during that visit. Our son said it was painful and he has always had a high tolerance to pain. We thought he had them out prior to going in,  but obviously we were wrong and our son agreed he did not have them out.

So the moral of the story have your home dentist take them out!

Permalink Reply by lauren on March 27, 2013 at 10:30pm

I also just asked my son, he has been in for 11 yrs and the first two years of his sub duty he had his wisdom teeth. They were only removed by his request when one was bothering him.

Permalink Reply by David Burkham on March 28, 2013 at 11:52am

My son graduated "A" school last weekj and will be joining his assigned boat in a few weeks.  He has his wisdom teeth.  I asked him about it and he said several guys he knew did have them removed.  He was checked by the Navy dentist and told he was good and would not have to have them removed.

 

That being said, I guess i won't be following this group too closely anymore.  My advice to all of you is go to the graduations, both BESS and "A" school.  They are small ceremonies (nothing like PIR).  I drove out for both from Illinois and was glad I did.  Your sailor will appreciate it and the Navy likes to see supportive families. There is a lot to do up and down the coast so leave some time to explore Groton, Mystic, etc..

Permalink Reply by Bruce Crandall on March 28, 2013 at 12:00pm

Now I hear that my son has a nasty sinus infection and is SIQ. HOpe he gaets over it so he's not behind at BESS...

Permalink Reply by Ray Swarts on March 28, 2013 at 6:05pm

Thank you and I hope your son recoups quickly.

Bruce Crandall said:

Now I hear that my son has a nasty sinus infection and is SIQ. HOpe he gaets over it so he's not behind at BESS...

Permalink Reply by Ray Swarts on March 28, 2013 at 6:07pm

Thank you for the info and good luck to your son. I'm glad you got to go to his graduation.
 
David Burkham said:

My son graduated "A" school last weekj and will be joining his assigned boat in a few weeks.  He has his wisdom teeth.  I asked him about it and he said several guys he knew did have them removed.  He was checked by the Navy dentist and told he was good and would not have to have them removed.

 

That being said, I guess i won't be following this group too closely anymore.  My advice to all of you is go to the graduations, both BESS and "A" school.  They are small ceremonies (nothing like PIR).  I drove out for both from Illinois and was glad I did.  Your sailor will appreciate it and the Navy likes to see supportive families. There is a lot to do up and down the coast so leave some time to explore Groton, Mystic, etc..

Permalink Reply by Ray Swarts on March 28, 2013 at 6:07pm

Thank you for the info.
 
lauren said:

I also just asked my son, he has been in for 11 yrs and the first two years of his sub duty he had his wisdom teeth. They were only removed by his request when one was bothering him.

Permalink Reply by Ray Swarts on March 28, 2013 at 6:08pm

Thank you for the info.
 
Randy Leeper said:

I have to chime in on this one. I have two sons in the Navy. The older one is on the Sub - USS Alexandria he was told by his recruiter (a submariner) that they(Navy) would remove his wisdom teeth if he still had them prior to going on deployment. We had them removed by our dentist prior to boot camp.

Our other son went in 1 1/2 yrs ago and is 3rd class Petty officer IT on a destroyer in San Diego. His ship is preparing to go on deployment in early

April. Yesterday he went to the Navy dentist for a check-up. The dentist saw a wisdom tooth and he immediately yanked out during that visit. Our son said it was painful and he has always had a high tolerance to pain. We thought he had them out prior to going in,  but obviously we were wrong and our son agreed he did not have them out.

So the moral of the story have your home dentist take them out!

Permalink Reply by robert maurice - pierre trudeau on June 6, 2013 at 1:36am

my son is at boot pir in 2 weeks will be at groton soon the first thing he had done at boot was a special physical and have his wisdom teeth pulled lolol he is 4th generation navy after me and i was not a bubble head on a boomer i was aircraft carrier duty but maybe your on to something here i have found lots of changes in the navy but it has been 30 years since i was in and my dad a ww2 vet 87 cant believe some of the letters from his grandson but its all good stuff . dont worry your son is in good hands . as i tell my son always bravo zulu all the best and thank your son for his service