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Flight surgeons (aviation medical examiners) and military dentists may encounter flight-related oral conditions requiring proper diagnosis and treatment. Moreover,dental practitioners seek to prevent the occurrence of in-flight incapacitation whentreating aircrew members. The aim of this article is to introduce the basic concepts of aviation dentistry, including facial barotraumas (barotitis media and externa, barosinusitis and dental barotrauma), barodontalgia (barometric pressure-related dental pain), and dental care for aircrews. Special considerations have to be made when planning restorative, endodontic, prosthodontic and surgical treatment of anaircrew patient. This article supplies the practitioners with some diagnostic to olsas well as treatment guidelines. Principles of prevention, periodic examination,dental-related flight restriction and dental documentation (for forensic purposes)are described.