research

Space-Dental

Suffering from tooth pain? Then you will normally turn to a dentist for help. But what happens on a long-term, deep space mission when a crew member suffers from dental or jaw problems that cannot be treated and resolved y by pain medication? It is highly unlikely a professional dentist or dental technician will be part of a long-duration spacently no procedure or technology is available to sustain and restore teeth during long-term missions, with the only planned and well-documented oral examination in space dating back to 1973. Space-craft Architektur together with MDT Herwig Meusburger and Prof. Dr. Ulrich Lotzmann developed a procedure that combines dental methods with the technical feasibility of 3D technology and human factors research to create a strategy that incorporates available resources both at the desired destination and back on Earth.

PUBLICATIONS

Dental Health for Long-Term Human Space Missions with remote support and advanced Technology
Häuplik-Meusburger, U. Lotzmann, H. Meusburger,
Medicine in Space an Extreme Environments, 68th International Astronautical Congress, Bremen, Germany, 2018

Emergency dental treatment on the way to Mars
Häuplik-Meusburger, U. Lotzmann, H. Meusburger, 
Room – The Space Journal  #3(9), 2016

Dental Treatment during a human Mars Mission with remote support and advanced technology
S. Häuplik-Meusburger, U. Lotzmann, H. Meusburger, 
46th International Conference on Environmental Systems (ICES 2106), Vienna; 10.07.2016 – 14.07.2016; in: „Proceedings International Conference on Environmental Systems“

Dental Treatment during a human Mars Mission with remote support and advanced technology
S. Häuplik-Meusburger, H. Meusburger,  
Humans in Space Symposium, June 29- July 3, 2015, Prague, Czech Republic

LocationSpace, Extra-terrestrial, Mars
Yearsince 2016
Research TeamSandra Häuplik Meusburger, Herwig Meusburger, Ulrich Lotzmann