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My next medical
So this coming Tuesday I get to enjoy having 3 wisdom teath extracted (For
some reason I never grew a fourth one). Yes-I cant wait! So do I have to put this on my next medical application as "Surgeries"? I will be going to see an oral surgeon to have him cut out one that has never come through the gums, and I will be put under (a first for me). Of course I have no plans to do any flying for the 5-7 days I expect to be laid up medicated. I know it is nothing that I could be denied a medical for considering that most people have their wisdom teath removed, but realistically do I need to put it on my next medical application? -- John Huthmaker PPL-SEL P-28-161 http://www.cogentnetworking.com |
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report it. After you're off the medication, fly a dual
flight with a climb to altitude to make sure there are no trapped gas pockets. If there are the pain will let you know. You might need the other pilot to fly if you have pain. -- James H. Macklin ATP,CFI,A&P -- The people think the Constitution protects their rights; But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome. some support http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/secondamendment2.htm See http://www.fija.org/ more about your rights and duties. "John Huthmaker" wrote in message link.net... | So this coming Tuesday I get to enjoy having 3 wisdom teath extracted (For | some reason I never grew a fourth one). Yes-I cant wait! So do I have to | put this on my next medical application as "Surgeries"? I will be going to | see an oral surgeon to have him cut out one that has never come through the | gums, and I will be put under (a first for me). Of course I have no plans | to do any flying for the 5-7 days I expect to be laid up medicated. I know | it is nothing that I could be denied a medical for considering that most | people have their wisdom teath removed, but realistically do I need to put | it on my next medical application? | | -- | John Huthmaker | PPL-SEL P-28-161 | | http://www.cogentnetworking.com | | |
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I think you are thinking of trapped gas after fillings are put in teeth.
In this case the air can't be readily reabsorbed and might expand at altitude. After an extraction, any "gas" (air) would be reabsorbed through the surrounding soft tissues and/or bone. Jim Macklin wrote: trapped gas pockets. |
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No, that is one possible reason with a filling, but surgery
and extractions can heal over leaving an abscess and that could be a very painful problem. When my wisdom teeth were removed, the roots actually penetrated the sinus cavities. For several weeks I could have salt water run through from my mouth to my nose by dipping my head. This was not a problem flying, it was even more venting. But I would want to have a flight test before I was the only pilot on the plane. Gas would be reabsorbed if enough time passed, but if there was any gas it would expand during a climb faster than it would be absorbed, think the bends. -- James H. Macklin ATP,CFI,A&P -- The people think the Constitution protects their rights; But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome. some support http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/secondamendment2.htm See http://www.fija.org/ more about your rights and duties. "RomeoMike" wrote in message ... |I think you are thinking of trapped gas after fillings are put in teeth. | In this case the air can't be readily reabsorbed and might expand at | altitude. After an extraction, any "gas" (air) would be reabsorbed | through the surrounding soft tissues and/or bone. | | Jim Macklin wrote: | | trapped gas pockets. |
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An abscess is one thing, trapped air another. You were referring to the
latter in your first post. Any trapped air from an extraction is going to be long gone by the time one is fit to fly after multiple extractions requiring the use of post op pain meds and a recuperation period. Situation not similar to the bends at all. No gas is coming out of solution. Jim Macklin wrote: No, that is one possible reason with a filling, but surgery and extractions can heal over leaving an abscess and that could be a very painful problem. When my wisdom teeth were removed, the roots actually penetrated the sinus cavities. For several weeks I could have salt water run through from my mouth to my nose by dipping my head. This was not a problem flying, it was even more venting. But I would want to have a flight test before I was the only pilot on the plane. Gas would be reabsorbed if enough time passed, but if there was any gas it would expand during a climb faster than it would be absorbed, think the bends. |
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OK, you're right, no possible way tissue can heal over and
create a pocket, trapping air/gas in the jaw. All pilots should plan on taking their wife and kids [husband or significant other too] on their first flight as soon as they feel good a week after the surgery. No need to a "test flight" to check for any pain in flight. The bends is gas in solution coming out of the tissue/blood faster than it can be exhaled. Of course, bacteria in a closed pocket might be producing gas at a rate that is absorbed and exhaled , but that evolved gas would expand with altitude. But you're right, no possible reason to make a comparison. -- James H. Macklin ATP,CFI,A&P "RomeoMike" wrote in message ... | An abscess is one thing, trapped air another. You were referring to the | latter in your first post. Any trapped air from an extraction is going | to be long gone by the time one is fit to fly after multiple extractions | requiring the use of post op pain meds and a recuperation period. | Situation not similar to the bends at all. No gas is coming out of solution. | | Jim Macklin wrote: | No, that is one possible reason with a filling, but surgery | and extractions can heal over leaving an abscess and that | could be a very painful problem. When my wisdom teeth were | removed, the roots actually penetrated the sinus cavities. | For several weeks I could have salt water run through from | my mouth to my nose by dipping my head. This was not a | problem flying, it was even more venting. But I would want | to have a flight test before I was the only pilot on the | plane. | | Gas would be reabsorbed if enough time passed, but if there | was any gas it would expand during a climb faster than it | would be absorbed, think the bends. | | |
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Try having 2 removed then 2 weeks later having another 2 removed with just
local no gas! "John Huthmaker" wrote in message link.net... So this coming Tuesday I get to enjoy having 3 wisdom teath extracted (For some reason I never grew a fourth one). Yes-I cant wait! So do I have to put this on my next medical application as "Surgeries"? I will be going to see an oral surgeon to have him cut out one that has never come through the gums, and I will be put under (a first for me). Of course I have no plans to do any flying for the 5-7 days I expect to be laid up medicated. I know it is nothing that I could be denied a medical for considering that most people have their wisdom teath removed, but realistically do I need to put it on my next medical application? -- John Huthmaker PPL-SEL P-28-161 http://www.cogentnetworking.com |
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If you do it half the first time, you probably won't do the
second half. "NW_PILOT" wrote in message ... | Try having 2 removed then 2 weeks later having another 2 removed with just | local no gas! | | | "John Huthmaker" wrote in message | link.net... | So this coming Tuesday I get to enjoy having 3 wisdom teath extracted (For | some reason I never grew a fourth one). Yes-I cant wait! So do I have to | put this on my next medical application as "Surgeries"? I will be going | to | see an oral surgeon to have him cut out one that has never come through | the | gums, and I will be put under (a first for me). Of course I have no plans | to do any flying for the 5-7 days I expect to be laid up medicated. I | know | it is nothing that I could be denied a medical for considering that most | people have their wisdom teath removed, but realistically do I need to put | it on my next medical application? | | -- | John Huthmaker | PPL-SEL P-28-161 | | http://www.cogentnetworking.com | | | | |
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I was at work the next day
"Jim Macklin" wrote in message news:YYLWf.2427$t22.1519@dukeread08... If you do it half the first time, you probably won't do the second half. "NW_PILOT" wrote in message ... | Try having 2 removed then 2 weeks later having another 2 removed with just | local no gas! | | | "John Huthmaker" wrote in message | link.net... | So this coming Tuesday I get to enjoy having 3 wisdom teath extracted (For | some reason I never grew a fourth one). Yes-I cant wait! So do I have to | put this on my next medical application as "Surgeries"? I will be going | to | see an oral surgeon to have him cut out one that has never come through | the | gums, and I will be put under (a first for me). Of course I have no plans | to do any flying for the 5-7 days I expect to be laid up medicated. I | know | it is nothing that I could be denied a medical for considering that most | people have their wisdom teath removed, but realistically do I need to put | it on my next medical application? | | -- | John Huthmaker | PPL-SEL P-28-161 | | http://www.cogentnetworking.com | | | | |
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Aluckyguess wrote:
I was at work the next day I did one on each side, upper jaw, on the same day, local anesthetic only. I didn't realize he was even done removing the first one, but the second one took two people. Next day? I was unable to go to school (military), so I and a friend went up to Napa valley all day. I looked like a super-chipmunk, with those swollen jaws, but by mid-afternoon the pain was gone.... Nothing to do with flying, other than my attitude for that one day. |
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