A sure cure for a new ailment known as Altitude Teeth, which affects airmen flying at great heights, has been found by American Army Dentists. Airmen reported that often during flights at about 25,000 to 33,000 feet, they suffered from a new kind of toothache apparently caused by the metal «fillings in their, teeth. D'entists made experiments. They removed the metal fillings from teeth and replaced them with a medicinal substance in the form of a drug. After two weeks, this treatment was followed by patching the teeth with a heavy nonconductive medical cement; / • This has proved successful and pilots now go on. their missions untroubled by toothache.
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Cue (NZERS), Issue 15, 15 January 1945, Page 22
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