Is it true that you cant have any cavities to fly in the coast guard?

here it says that you cant fly with cavities and you need perfect eyes but it's really weird


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Is it true that you cant have any cavities to fly in the coast guard?
No, you are not allowed to have active cavities.





Thats to pass a Class 1 Flight Physical.





But your confusing cavities, with fillings.





A cavity, is an open abcess of your tooth enamel.





After that cavity has a filling implaced by a dentist, it is no longer a cavity.





So you can fly, with fillings in your teeth.





What it means, is avation and diving personal, must have special care taken, when getting dental work.





That have to make sure, that fillings are implaced properly and are tight.





So that no air can get under the filling.





As you should know.





When you decrease pressure, air as a gas expands.





So while accending from a dive, or while accending in an air craft,





The gas ( air ) in your blood stream or trapped under bad fillings, starts to expand.





Now imagine what it would feel like, if gas trapped under a bad filling, started to expand, and put pressure on the nerves in your tooth ?





It is possible, if the gas expanded fast enough, to actually blow the bad filling off your tooth.





Gas trapped under a bad fillins, is called a tooth bend.





They are very painful, but easily fixed by a knowledgeable dentist.





I had a tooth bend, while scuba diving while stationed in Guam, after going back down and letting the gas escape slowly for 15 mins. I visited the base dentist, pointed out the bad filling and they repaired it quickly. I never had any more problems after that.
Reply:The change of altitude can do some serious damage to fillings and the teeth they are in. Plus they want their pilots to see where they are going.
Reply:there are TONS of restrictions for the ol' aviators in the coast guard. any pending physical problems have to be resolved before you can fly, i.e. cavities have to be filled in, etc. if you get the flu shot you also have to be "grounded" (can't fly) for 24hrs. it's pretty weird, yeah, but it's just one of those things. everyone at the clinic works pretty hard to get those guys back out, though.