IN HIGH ALTITUDES
DENTAL TROUBLES REVEALED
HIDDEN DECAYS DETECTED
High altitude Hying reveals dental troubles that elude even the X-ray, naval doctors in the United States Pacific Fleet have found. For instance, a naval dive-bomb-er pilot, reported that he was always troubled with severe toothache just before going into a dive. He blamed sinus trouble. But a test in a pressure chamber simulating the atmospheric conditions at high altitude revealed hidden decay that had, not been dcr tected by the X-ray. Studying an undisclosed number of cases, Navy doctors found:—-Fifty-seven per cent, of airmen developed toothache in a pressure chamber equivalent to a height of 28.000 ft; 23 per cent experienced pain at a reading equivalent to 18,OOOft; 20 per cent began showing symptoms before reaching the equivalent of 10,000 ft. After the hidden decay had been located and repairs carried out, the airmen experienced no further discomfort.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 44, 28 January 1944, Page 3
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148IN HIGH ALTITUDES Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 44, 28 January 1944, Page 3
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