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Occupational Medicine 1996;46:79-83
© 1996 Society of Occupational Medicine

Dental Problems in the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry: A Review

B. Duffy

Shell Exploration and Production 1 Altens Farm Road, Nigg, Aberdeen AB9 2HY

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.

Received       17 May 1995
Accepted       15 August 1995

Correspondence and reprint requests to: B. Duffy, Shell Exploration and Production, 1 Altens Farm Road, Nigg, Aberdeen AB9 2HY


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