Dental Work
Dental Work
Turns out I have to get a filling on one of my back teeth on Saturday, I was planning on a dive on Monday... does anyone know if this will cause an issue with a new filling? Anyone know of any minimum amount of time between new dental work and diving that has been set?
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Re: Dental Work
I'm going to say ask your dentist.E_Mo wrote:Turns out I have to get a filling on one of my back teeth on Saturday, I was planning on a dive on Monday... does anyone know if this will cause an issue with a new filling? Anyone know of any minimum amount of time between new dental work and diving that has been set?
That said, I've gone diving within hours of root canals, fillings, and crowns with no adverse effects.
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Re: Dental Work
I asked my dentist's office, and they said I would be good to go.. but sometimes you never know if the dentist knows about diving issues. One time I asked about checking fillings for cracks or damage, as I had been told to be sure to ask your dentist to double check dental work, so pressurized air at depth could not seep into the dental work, and cause a tooth or dental work to crack from expanding pressure of the air upon surfacing. Upon asking the question the dentist just looked at me with a puzzled look... and appeared to not realize that the deeper you go, the higher the pressure.
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Re: Dental Work
Best to wait until the Novocain wears off...
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Re: Dental Work
When I asked my dentist about air-pockets in my dental work he just said "It's sealed up good. No worries. When are we going diving?" We've been great friends ever since. He's one of the divers in my dogfish video I've posted before.
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Re: Dental Work
The work you may need to be most concerned about are root canals. They sometimes pack a portion of the center with antibiotics which is obviously an airspace which can hold perfused gases. You need to discuss the packing with your dentist if you are getting a root canal, the antibiotics are typically prophyactic so aren't necessarily required.
Regular fillings are solid and there's little concern with those.
Regular fillings are solid and there's little concern with those.
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