Photosensitivity and Diving
by Bruce Miller, MDDr. Miller, a Dermatologist, is a Consultant for Diving Medicine Online. This is a lecture presented to Medical Seminars, 2000A brief review of the physics and photobiology…
Dermatoses and Diving
by Bruce Miller, MD Dr. Miller, a Dermatologist, is a Consultant for Diving Medicine Online. This is a lecture presented to Medical Seminars, 2000 Travel to the tropical climes can…
Dental problems from scuba regulator bites
by Laurence Stein, DDSDiving Medicine Online Dental ConsultantDAN Referral Physician Team (2000)Question: I was doing multiple dives over more than a week and now I have limitation of jaw opening…
The Rarest Barotrauma
by Laurence A Stein, DDSA Miami Dentist describes an unusual case of tooth squeezeAlert Diver September/October 1993(Reprinted with permission of the author and DAN.)"Barotrauma --- or, more commonly, squeeze ---…
Dental Distress
The 'Diving Dentist' Addresses the Problem of a Diving-Related Toothacheby Laurence Stein, DDSReprinted from Alert Diver, January-February 2000, pp 45-49.With permission from DAN and Laurance Stein, DDS(Edited)Although not a common…
Dental Barotrauma, Candida Infection and ‘Choices’
by Laurence Stein, DDSIntroduction*This patient experienced a severe barodontalgia with complications of Candida albicans infection of the mouth.† Because of the pain, she became dehydrated, infected and debilitated.† There was…
Dental Implants & Diving
by Larry Stein, DDSPublished in 'Alert Diver', March/April 2005*More people are electing to have failing or missing teeth replaced by dental implants. I have experienced an increase in the number…
Diving With a Cleft Palate
Cleft palate is a congenital condition where there is incomplete closure of some of the branchial clefts before birth. This involves the mouth and soft palate and can be related…
Hyperactive Gag Reflex
Opinions as to the proper management of the gag reflexQuestions come up fairly frequently concerning vomiting underwater and an overactive gag reflex.Dr. Murray Grossan writes:I have had some success with…
Dentistry and Diving
BarodontalgiaBecause of Boyle's Law, (as pressure increases, volume decreases and vice versa), diving with air-filled spaces in teeth cause problems because spaces inside teeth cannot decrease in size and increase…