Dental and Orofacial Injuries.
Oral and facial injuries are very common in sport, and can be very expensive to treat. Many of these injuries are preventable with proper pre-competition assessment and suitable well-designed protection. Prompt sideline identification and management of orofacial injuries and appropriate follow-up are crucial to successful outcomes. There have been significant recent advances in both trauma management and mouth guard design and fabrication techniques. Athletes have a unique set of challenges-including collisions, finances, travel and training, dehydration, sport beverages, and high carbohydrate diets-that may compromise their oral health.
Medical Commission - Games Group, International Olympic Committee, Lausanne, Switzerland; Medical Committee, International Ice Hockey Federation, Zurich, Switzerland; Mississauga Steelheads, Canadian Hockey League, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: peachtor@aol.com.
Paul
P
Piccininni
Medical Commission - Games Group, International Olympic Committee, Lausanne, Switzerland; Eastman Dental Institute, University College London, London, UK.
Anthony
A
Clough
School of Dentistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.
Ray
R
Padilla
Science, Technology and Society, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
Gabriella
G
Piccininni
D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D005151:Facial Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D009055:Mouth / Q000293:injuries*; D009064:Mouth Protectors; D009909:Oral Health; D018677:Tooth Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy
Dental and orofacial injuries; Mouth guards; Prevention; Treatment