The study of medical evacuation records from offshore installation workers indicates that dental pathology is a significant problem. Dental evacuations (dentivacs) account for the highest single category of medical evacuation (medivacs). Dentivacs result in human suffering and are the cause of many lost man hours for the major oil operators in the United Kingdom. This paper reviews the reporting of dentivacs at Shell Expro over a seven year period and makes some suggestions for the way forward in the handling of offshore dental problems.
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