Short Title:
Advanced Dental
Responsible HRP Element:
Exploration Medical Capability
Funding Status:
Completed - Task completed and produced a deliverable
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Procurement Mechanism(s):
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Aims:
1. To generate a report describing how relevant dental conditions are treated in terrestrially.
2. To determine what medical devices are required to treat relevant dental conditions.
3. To gain feedback and commentary from subject matter experts.
4. To determine if new technology is needed for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of relevant dental conditions for exploration missions.
Category:
Risk Characterization, Quantification
Subcategory:
Evidence or Risk Characterization
Description:
The delivery is two white papers, one describing the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of dental conditions terrestrially, and the other summarizing the consensus of necessary resources needed for an advanced dental kit from the Dental Working Group. These papers contribute to gap closure by providing sufficient knowledge to ExMC on the subject matter, including the decision that no new technology is needed to treat dental conditions for exploration missions.
Internal Customers:
Exploration Medical Capability
External Customers:
None