著者

ZAITSU Takashi OHTA Toshiko OHSHIMA Hiroshi MUKAI Chiaki

出版者

THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES

雑誌

TRANSACTIONS OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES, AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY JAPAN (ISSN:18840485)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.12, no.29, pp.Tp_7-Tp_9, 2014

被引用文献数

1

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Occurrences of dental/oral diseases have been reported in the space environment and pre- or post-spaceflight and the deteriorations of oral defensive functions are evident in the space environment simulated experiments. NASA has identified 6 dental problems (Abscess, Avulsion/Tooth Loss, Caries, Crown Replacement, Exposed Pulp/Pulpitis and Filling Replacement) as the most important dental incidents to be dealt with in the long-term mission. To focus on the dental/oral health management for astronauts, dental examination and dental orthopantomogram are conducted as dental diagnosis. In addition, dental nerve block, dental prosthesis replacement and dental pain control are described in the treatment manual on the International Space Station (ISS). However, the systematic program to evaluate the risk of dental/oral problems in spacecraft and the manual to prevent the dental/oral problems in the space environment are still far from sufficient. To promote the dental/oral health of astronauts, the authors are going to launch "Space Oral Health Promotion (SOHP) project" which will tackle the research tasks and the operational countermeasures in space dentistry.