Sports dentistry: A review

Dental trauma in sports is the major linking channel between sports and dentistry. Sports dentistry is the prevention of oral/facial athletic injuries and related oral diseases and manifestations. In children, sports activities were found to be responsible for 13% of overall oral trauma. It is empha...

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Autores principales: Ramagoni, Naveen Kumar, Singamaneni, Vijaya Kumar, Rao, Saketh Rama, Karthikeyan, Jamini
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4304050/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25625070
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2231-0762.149019
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description Dental trauma in sports is the major linking channel between sports and dentistry. Sports dentistry is the prevention of oral/facial athletic injuries and related oral diseases and manifestations. In children, sports activities were found to be responsible for 13% of overall oral trauma. It is emphasized that there is a great need for “Team Dentist” from high schools to professional teams. In this review, we discuss the relationship between sports and dentistry, and the importance of educating parents, teachers, and children in prevention of injuries related to the sports.
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spelling pubmed-43040502015-01-26 Sports dentistry: A review Ramagoni, Naveen Kumar Singamaneni, Vijaya Kumar Rao, Saketh Rama Karthikeyan, Jamini J Int Soc Prev Community Dent Review Article Dental trauma in sports is the major linking channel between sports and dentistry. Sports dentistry is the prevention of oral/facial athletic injuries and related oral diseases and manifestations. In children, sports activities were found to be responsible for 13% of overall oral trauma. It is emphasized that there is a great need for “Team Dentist” from high schools to professional teams. In this review, we discuss the relationship between sports and dentistry, and the importance of educating parents, teachers, and children in prevention of injuries related to the sports. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4304050/ /pubmed/25625070 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2231-0762.149019 Text en Copyright: © Journal of International Society of Preventive and Community Dentistry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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