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Oral health and impact on performance of athletes participating in the London 2012 Olympic Games: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Oral health is important both for well-being and successful elite sporting performance. Reports from Olympic Games have found significant treatment needs; however, few studies have examined oral health directly. The aim of this study was to evaluate oral health, the determinants of oral...

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Autores principales: Needleman, I, Ashley, P, Petrie, A, Fortune, F, Turner, W, Jones, J, Niggli, J, Engebretsen, L, Budgett, R, Donos, N, Clough, T, Porter, S
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3812828/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24068332
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2013-092891
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author Needleman, I
Ashley, P
Petrie, A
Fortune, F
Turner, W
Jones, J
Niggli, J
Engebretsen, L
Budgett, R
Donos, N
Clough, T
Porter, S
author_facet Needleman, I
Ashley, P
Petrie, A
Fortune, F
Turner, W
Jones, J
Niggli, J
Engebretsen, L
Budgett, R
Donos, N
Clough, T
Porter, S
author_sort Needleman, I
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description BACKGROUND: Oral health is important both for well-being and successful elite sporting performance. Reports from Olympic Games have found significant treatment needs; however, few studies have examined oral health directly. The aim of this study was to evaluate oral health, the determinants of oral health and the effect of oral health on well-being, training and performance of athletes participating in the London 2012 Games. METHODS: Cross-sectional study at the dental clinic within the Polyclinic in the athletes’ village. Following informed consent, a standardised history, clinical examination and brief questionnaire were conducted. RESULTS: 302 athletes from 25 sports were recruited with data available for 278. The majority of athletes were from Africa, the Americas and Europe. Overall, the results demonstrated high levels of poor oral health including dental caries (55% athletes), dental erosion (45% athletes) and periodontal disease (gingivitis 76% athletes, periodontitis 15% athletes). More than 40% of athletes were ‘bothered’ by their oral health with 28% reporting an impact on quality of life and 18% on training and performance. Nearly half of the participants had not undergone a dental examination or hygiene care in the previous year. CONCLUSIONS: The oral health of athletes attending the dental clinic of the London 2012 Games was poor with a resulting substantial negative impact on well-being, training and performance. As oral health is an important element of overall health and well-being, health promotion and disease prevention interventions are urgently required to optimise athletic performance.
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spelling pubmed-38128282013-10-31 Oral health and impact on performance of athletes participating in the London 2012 Olympic Games: a cross-sectional study Needleman, I Ashley, P Petrie, A Fortune, F Turner, W Jones, J Niggli, J Engebretsen, L Budgett, R Donos, N Clough, T Porter, S Br J Sports Med Original Article BACKGROUND: Oral health is important both for well-being and successful elite sporting performance. Reports from Olympic Games have found significant treatment needs; however, few studies have examined oral health directly. The aim of this study was to evaluate oral health, the determinants of oral health and the effect of oral health on well-being, training and performance of athletes participating in the London 2012 Games. METHODS: Cross-sectional study at the dental clinic within the Polyclinic in the athletes’ village. Following informed consent, a standardised history, clinical examination and brief questionnaire were conducted. RESULTS: 302 athletes from 25 sports were recruited with data available for 278. The majority of athletes were from Africa, the Americas and Europe. Overall, the results demonstrated high levels of poor oral health including dental caries (55% athletes), dental erosion (45% athletes) and periodontal disease (gingivitis 76% athletes, periodontitis 15% athletes). More than 40% of athletes were ‘bothered’ by their oral health with 28% reporting an impact on quality of life and 18% on training and performance. Nearly half of the participants had not undergone a dental examination or hygiene care in the previous year. CONCLUSIONS: The oral health of athletes attending the dental clinic of the London 2012 Games was poor with a resulting substantial negative impact on well-being, training and performance. As oral health is an important element of overall health and well-being, health promotion and disease prevention interventions are urgently required to optimise athletic performance. BMJ Publishing Group 2013-11 /pmc/articles/PMC3812828/ /pubmed/24068332 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2013-092891 Text en Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://group.bmj.com/group/rights-licensing/permissions This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 3.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
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Needleman, I
Ashley, P
Petrie, A
Fortune, F
Turner, W
Jones, J
Niggli, J
Engebretsen, L
Budgett, R
Donos, N
Clough, T
Porter, S
Oral health and impact on performance of athletes participating in the London 2012 Olympic Games: a cross-sectional study
title Oral health and impact on performance of athletes participating in the London 2012 Olympic Games: a cross-sectional study
title_full Oral health and impact on performance of athletes participating in the London 2012 Olympic Games: a cross-sectional study
title_fullStr Oral health and impact on performance of athletes participating in the London 2012 Olympic Games: a cross-sectional study
title_full_unstemmed Oral health and impact on performance of athletes participating in the London 2012 Olympic Games: a cross-sectional study
title_short Oral health and impact on performance of athletes participating in the London 2012 Olympic Games: a cross-sectional study
title_sort oral health and impact on performance of athletes participating in the london 2012 olympic games: a cross-sectional study
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3812828/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24068332
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2013-092891
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