Are wisdom teeth removed as a matter of course after commissioning and is it possible to take care of it while I'm on leave/PTAD?
Background: At my flight physical I was told that my wisdom teeth weren't likely to impact (they're turned sideways), but the Marine Corps would take them out anyway as a routine matter shortly after commissioning to avoid complications later. A ground guy in the next rack (I'm in week 9 of OCS) heard the same thing about his teeth. During our TBS orientation with Mike CO, both the XO and the Student staff told us
a) we'd get them removed at TBS and get kicked back from Bravo to Charlie. I would get to do IFS in the meantime.
b) no, I couldn't just go to a tricare facility and get them removed while I'm on leave.
I don't want to get left behind and go to TBS with guys I don't know, as opposed to my peers from OCC-193, and waiting four months for the next class just because I'm out of commission for a few days seems like a really bad deal.
Now, I'm not sure if the removal is at the dentist's discretion at zero week (and since they're overbooked for Bravo the staff could just be looking for an excuse to kick me to the next class). Is such removal mandatory and when do they do it? I saw a post here indicating they only require it to be done before API. Also, is anything preventing me from just getting it down on my own time and would tricare cover it?
Background: At my flight physical I was told that my wisdom teeth weren't likely to impact (they're turned sideways), but the Marine Corps would take them out anyway as a routine matter shortly after commissioning to avoid complications later. A ground guy in the next rack (I'm in week 9 of OCS) heard the same thing about his teeth. During our TBS orientation with Mike CO, both the XO and the Student staff told us
a) we'd get them removed at TBS and get kicked back from Bravo to Charlie. I would get to do IFS in the meantime.
b) no, I couldn't just go to a tricare facility and get them removed while I'm on leave.
I don't want to get left behind and go to TBS with guys I don't know, as opposed to my peers from OCC-193, and waiting four months for the next class just because I'm out of commission for a few days seems like a really bad deal.
Now, I'm not sure if the removal is at the dentist's discretion at zero week (and since they're overbooked for Bravo the staff could just be looking for an excuse to kick me to the next class). Is such removal mandatory and when do they do it? I saw a post here indicating they only require it to be done before API. Also, is anything preventing me from just getting it down on my own time and would tricare cover it?