Oral pathology & space science…..!

Today’s era is the “Space Era”. Our body is very well acclimatized to the gravity that is experienced on the planet earth. Under such conditions the normal functioning of the human body tissues & the oral tissues takes place at 1-g (gravity) on exposure to the routine environment. The behaviour of these general body tissues & oral tissues gets totally altered when they are exposed to the situations of microgravity almost 0-g. Space travel in the long term & outer space habitat dwelling might become a reality of tomorrow. Thus core understanding of the Oral Pathological conditions that a person will be subjected to at, microgravity is needed. This seems to be a newly emerging branch of dentistry where dental researchers & dental clinicians have a pivotal role to play.