title: Dental problems in athletes.
abstract: The high performance standards required of an Olympic athlete can only be attained by a totally healthy individual. Optimal dental health is a necessary element. The universality of dental disease can be altered by modern prevention modalities and self-administered hygiene. Nonetheless, any dental or medical program of care should be prepared for the treatment of dental disease and trauma. Suggested is a program of prevention and treatment grounded in modern basic science and dealing with the overlay of the sociopsychological phenomena, which is an essential part of effective health care.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D005882:Gingival Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005892:Gingivitis, Necrotizing Ulcerative / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009055:Mouth / Q000293:injuries*; D009064:Mouth Protectors; D010497:Pericoronitis / Q000517:prevention & control; D013177:Sports; D014076:Tooth Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018677:Tooth Injuries