title: Dental Trauma and Disease in 34 Professional Athletes.
abstract: In brief: As part of the preseason general physical examination, 34 football players were given dental examinations. In addition to routine dental caries and gingival inflammation, 18 athletes had dental problems that could potentially interfere with the competitive season: retained root tips, abscessed teeth, pulpally exposed carious teeth, and seriously impacted third molars. Nine players had sustained injuries to the maxillary anterior teeth, many of which could have been prevented by customized mouth guards.
authors.forename: S
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authors.lastname: Randell