2006-07-02 14:32:16 · 3 answers · asked by Miriam S 1 in Health ➔ Dental
Yea. Just make sure you don't bleed too much. Bring gauze and painkillers with you just in case. Sometimes the difference in air pressure can open any cuts or wounds in your mouth. Ask your dentist first though, just in case, but I would imagine you'd be fine after a day or two.
2006-07-02 14:35:28 · answer #1 · answered by chica_zarca 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Theoretically, a commercial airliner is pressurized to normal atmospheric pressure. As long as this is the case, you should be okay. If you are flying on a plane that (for whatever reason) is not pressurized to normal atmospheric pressure, be sure you have some pain meds with you in your carry-on luggage. Man, it can hurt like nobody's business if the abscess has not healed, which does NOT happen the day root canal is completed, by the way. It's sort of the opposite of what scuba divers call "tooth squeeze." The gases in the area where the abscess is/was want to expand when the pressure drops and that causes pain.
Having said all that, maybe you had a root canal on a tooth that didn't have an abscess and you will have nothing to worry about.
2006-07-02 14:45:20 · answer #2 · answered by Picture Taker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes bring drugs for pain.
2006-07-02 14:37:04 · answer #3 · answered by sugarpie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋