[Back]


Talks and Poster Presentations (with Proceedings-Entry):

S. Häuplik-Meusburger, H. Meusburger, U. Lotzmann:
"Dental Health for long-term Human Space Missions with remote support and advanced technology";
Talk: 69th International Astronautical Congress, Bremen; 10-01-2018 - 10-05-2018; in: "Proceedings of IAC 2018", https://iafastro.directory/iac/proceedings/IAC-18/ (2018), Paper ID IAC‐18,A1,4,18,x43890, 8 pages.



English abstract:
Health issues of astronauts or cosmonauts are of high importance prior to launch and during the spacemission. A wide range of medical examinations are carried out as part of the astronaut selection processand during training to ensure the best possible health status of each crewmember at the time of launch.For treating pain and dysfunction that could occur during a mission, a set of basic medication and medicalequipment is available onboard. Astronauts are also trained to handle some of the most likely medicalemergencies.Although occurrences of dental injuries have been minimal so far, they are expected to rise significantlyon long-term missions. Reasons for dental injuries accompanied by severe pain and dysfunction aremanifold. A replacement of a lost dental restoration and/ or a stabilization of fractured teeth and jawscan be important to prevent further damage to human health, to limit the loss of manpower, and finallyto ensure mission success.As a follow up to the paper: Dental Treatment during a human Mars Mission, presented at ICES 2016,the authors will outline a possible scenario of detecting, diagnosing and treating a dental problem duringa human mission, including advanced manufacturing methods for dental treatment. Furthermore, theauthors will discuss future prospective in relevance to environmental, operational and technical constraintsthat govern all medical treatments in space.

Created from the Publication Database of the Vienna University of Technology.