For those of you who say you do not want to deal with it during plebe year, what exactly do you mean ? If you enter on R Day with the WT still in will WP automatically extract them as a matter of course sometime within Plebe Year ? Or are you saying that you expect problems with them during plebe year where you would have to have them extracted ? How can anybody predict the future like that ? WT extraction surgery, as commonplace as it is, is still surgery and things can go wrong.
To be clear:
I'd only consider extracting them if your dentist recommends having them out in the next year. If not, let sleeping dogs lie, but you should probably ask the question of your dentist. (I am not a Dentist, nor do I play one on TV... Just have had 3 kids deal with impacted WT, one a cadet)
West Point (to my knowledge) does not force extraction, etc. And it would only come up if the USMA medical review had concern it would be an issue. Which would normally imply they are impacted or expected to be.
Dealing with them less than 30 days before R-day is a judgement call... Most are fine within 2-4 days, with some nuisance issues for a week or two. (essentially cleaning the large holes in your gum line)
But there can be issues, infection, lingering pain, etc. The last thing you want to do is have an issue which would prevent R-day from a voluntary procedure.
So if it were my candidate reporting this summer, and the dentist indicated they would need to come out sooner rather than later, I'd probably leave as is, but plan to handle during Christmas break.
The exception would be if they are impacted and at risk for causing problems between now and winter leave. Which should have surfaced in the DODMERB review, etc.
You just don't want to have to do an urgent surgery at USMA. Miss class, tests, deal with pain in addition to cadet stuff. But it happens, and cadets deal with it. Some with no drama. Others have a bit of challenge. All survive.