Posted on Jun 6, 2020
Dental work at basic and can I be disqualified for dental issues if I’ve already passed meps?
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I leave for basic at the end of the month and need some dental work done, I already passed meps last year and already got a ship date and everything (3 small cavities that need filled and two molars in the back that might need extracted) is this something that I can be disqualified for even though I already passed meps and when will they fix them?
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Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS) Fort Moore Recruiter Enlisted Infantry OSUT (11B)
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Once you get there, you will receive a dental exam. The dental clinic at basic will not do a lot of work in order to ensure that you can complete training. Once you get to your duty station, you will receive all required dental work. You will not be disqualified for a couple of cavities.
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No. All of what you have described is minor, at least as far as the military goes. MEPS knows about these from the repeated x-rays they have taken of your mouth. And even if they did not? Mouth issues are something can arise fairly quick and be taken care of just as quickly. Worst case scenario you ship for basic, you get there and during in processing they do a quick dental screen and see all this and take care of it, thus delaying your start of BCT by a bit. The Army does not care. You signed a multi year contract. You get cleared/off profile and then you go into rotation for a BCT class and you soldier on. Not a big thing or anything to worry about.
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My recruiter and brother told me that it would be unlikely I’d get recycled over it but at most get pushed back a week or two at reception. I’m going to be fort bending osut for twenty two weeks so who knows.
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And when I went to meps last year for dep they barely looked at my mouth and swore in for dep. what will I do at meps when I ship out?
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I had four wisdom teeth cut out at Ft. Gordon three days of quarters and right back to class. they scheduled it for a Friday so Friday and the weekend where my non working days.
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