transmission when it is exchanged between divers,
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and induce tooth fracture when it involves excessive occlusal pressure on a weakened tooth.
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Barodontalgia, also called “tooth squeeze”, is a barometric pressure-induced oral (dental or nondental) pain in an otherwise asymptomatic organ.
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Barodontalgia occurs in pilots at an altitude below 3000 m and in divers mainly at a water depth ranging from 18 to 24 m.
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Dental-induced (direct) barodontalgia is intimately related to pre-existing dental pathology (i.e., dental caries, pulpitis, pulp necrosis