title: [The role of the mouthguard in preventing sports-related oral-facial and dental traumas.].
abstract: Sports play a significant role in all nations worldwide. More and more people involve in sports so that the incidence of the oral-facial and dental traumas with accidents ascends. The treatment cost is considerable, and the sporters' lives will be influenced by these traumas. This paper examines the status and the reasons of the oral-facial and dental traumas. It reviews not only the principle and the types of the mouthguard but also the evidence of the mouthguard in preventing sports-related traumas. Prevention is thought to be the key element in minimizing traumas that occur in sports, the using of mouthguard is considered essential.
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics, Ninth People Hospital, School of Stomatology, Shanghai Second Medical University, Shanghai 200011,China. yaoyangx@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Yao-yang
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.forename: Yuan-li
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Zheng
mesh_terms: D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005145:Face; D006801:Humans; D009055:Mouth; D009064:Mouth Protectors; D013177:Sports; D018677:Tooth Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control*