Wisdom teeth removal

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nell5878

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My son visited the dentist last week, all of his teeth are absolutely healthy ( I wish ! ) including wisdom teeth. Is it absolutely necessary to remove all 4 healthy wisdom teeth ? The dentist was very surprised by our request.
 
You can fight it with staff at KP, but it is rare to win that battle. If I were in your situation, I would try to fight it, but I am sure others on here will disagree. You will need current x-rays and a letter from your dentist stating all four teeth are healthy and fully erupted with no occlusions. Your son will not have to have them removed until he is ready to go out for his sea year, so I think waiting is a good idea because a lot can happen between now and then. What if he hates KP or gets disenrolled for academic or disciplinary reasons or (heaven forbid) an injury. Then he will regret having perfectly healthy teeth removed for no reason. That's my 2¢. Now the piling on can begin.
 
kpmom2013 said:
You can fight it with staff at KP, but it is rare to win that battle. If I were in your situation, I would try to fight it, but I am sure others on here will disagree. You will need current x-rays and a letter from your dentist stating all four teeth are healthy and fully erupted with no occlusions. Your son will not have to have them removed until he is ready to go out for his sea year, so I think waiting is a good idea because a lot can happen between now and then. What if he hates KP or gets disenrolled for academic or disciplinary reasons or (heaven forbid) an injury. Then he will regret having perfectly healthy teeth removed for no reason. That's my 2¢. Now the piling on can begin.
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Thank you very much.
 
If you do end up getting them removed do it ASAP. Personally, I'd rather be at home with easy access to pudding, jello, ice cream etc than out at sea without my grandma spoiling me.
 
You do not need to have them removed if his dentist advises they are healthy and show no signs of erupting. Your dentist will have to sign the documents included in the logging in book to that effect.
 
DD was violently opposed to their removal. Local dentist (a former naval dentist) agreed that it wasn't necessary. KP requested and received all her dental xrays. The KP dentist agreed and removal was waived with the stipulation that any future problems were on DD. (And, of course, mom and me)
 
Hockey10 said:
DD was violently opposed to their removal. Local dentist (a former naval dentist) agreed that it wasn't necessary. KP requested and received all her dental xrays. The KP dentist agreed and removal was waived with the stipulation that any future problems were on DD. (And, of course, mom and me)
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Thank you very much. We will provide KP all x-rays including panoramic and dentist's statement. She was absolutely sure that it is not necessary in his case.
 
nell5878 said:
My son visited the dentist last week, all of his teeth are absolutely healthy ( I wish ! ) including wisdom teeth. Is it absolutely necessary to remove all 4 healthy wisdom teeth ? The dentist was very surprised by our request.
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If you search the archives, this topic comes up every year.

1) In order to go out to sea, you must have the 3rd year molars out.
2) It's better to do this while you are not at the school as there is little time your plebe year to rest from the procedure and go to follow up appointments.
 
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