title: Do our children play safe?
abstract: Sports participation is a frequent cause of injury in general to children and adolescents. 719 athletically active school children belonging to the age group of 11-14 years were selected from the four urban localities in south India (i.e, Bangalore Chennai, Cochin & Hyderabad). Data was collected by a well structured questionnaire. The results revealed that the south Indian urban school children had inadequate levels of awareness regarding orofacial injuries and their emergency care. The knowledge regarding protective devices was found to be minimal. Majority of the children were aware of mouthguards but their usage was nil.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Children Dentistry, A.B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Deralakatte, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Naveen Kumar
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Ramagoni
authors.forename: Y Rajmohan
authors.initials: YR
authors.lastname: Shetty
authors.forename: Amitha M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Hegde
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D004638:Emergency Treatment / Q000523:psychology; D005151:Facial Injuries / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D009064:Mouth Protectors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019876:Sports Equipment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D018677:Tooth Injuries / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D014505:Urban Population