التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
A diving physician’s experience of dental barotrauma during hyperbaric chamber exposure: case report. |
| المؤلفون: |
Altun, Busra Dilara, Sümen, Selin Gamze, Dumlu, Asim |
| المصدر: |
Diving & Hyperbaric Medicine: Journal of the South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society; Mar2022, Vol. 52 Issue 1, p63-65, 3p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
HYPERBARIC oxygenation, WOUNDS & injuries, DECOMPRESSION sickness, HYPERBARIC chambers, PAIN |
| مستخلص: |
Previous cases of dental barotrauma have been reported in pilots and divers. We report a case of dental barotrauma and barodontalgia in a diving physician accompanying patients during hyperbaric oxygen treatment, and due to pressure changes in the hyperbaric chamber. The physician developed sharp pain localised to the right maxillary molars but radiating to the face, ear and head during decompression from 243 kPa (2.4 atmospheres absolute). The pain intensifi ed following completion of decompression and was consistent with irreversible pulpitis. Clinical examination and panoramic radiography suggested fracture of a heavily restored tooth due to barotrauma. This was managed by tooth extraction. The physician subsequently discontinued accompanying the patients during their hyperbaric oxygen treatment sessions. Dentists and maxillofacial surgery specialists suggest waiting for a minimum of four weeks or until the tooth socket and/or oral tissue has healed suffi ciently to minimise the risk of infection or further trauma before exposure to further pressure change. Although seemingly rare, and despite the comparatively slow pressure changes, dental barotrauma can occur in hyperbaric chamber occupants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
