Sports dentistry: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
Sports is a form of recreation that helps people to get away with everyday stress. It is also associated with the risk of traumatic injury, especially in case of contact sports. Dental injuries that are caused due to sports mostly involve the maxillofacial region. Out of all the sports-related denta...
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| author | Alpana Kumari Ruchika Kundra Rajesh Kumar Abi M Thomas |
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| description | Sports is a form of recreation that helps people to get away with everyday stress. It is also associated with the risk of traumatic injury, especially in case of contact sports. Dental injuries that are caused due to sports mostly involve the maxillofacial region. Out of all the sports-related dental injuries, the most complex injury is tooth avulsion and should be considered as real emergency. Protection from sports-related orofacial injuries currently comes in the form of three shielding equipment, namely mouthguards, facemasks, and helmets. Sports dentistry, being the most recent and upcoming field in dentistry, inculcates the prevention, maintenance, and treatment of oral and facial injuries. Dentists must have sound clinical knowledge regarding sports-related dentofacial injuries and should make it a point to inform parents regarding the orofacial injury caused due to sports and regarding various preventive measures that are available. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-59a53981c92643948371b74cb13f09ed2022-12-21T19:32:36ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Dental Sciences0976-40032231-22932022-01-01141404410.4103/IJDS.IJDS_209_20Sports dentistry: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cureAlpana KumariRuchika KundraRajesh KumarAbi M ThomasSports is a form of recreation that helps people to get away with everyday stress. It is also associated with the risk of traumatic injury, especially in case of contact sports. Dental injuries that are caused due to sports mostly involve the maxillofacial region. Out of all the sports-related dental injuries, the most complex injury is tooth avulsion and should be considered as real emergency. Protection from sports-related orofacial injuries currently comes in the form of three shielding equipment, namely mouthguards, facemasks, and helmets. Sports dentistry, being the most recent and upcoming field in dentistry, inculcates the prevention, maintenance, and treatment of oral and facial injuries. Dentists must have sound clinical knowledge regarding sports-related dentofacial injuries and should make it a point to inform parents regarding the orofacial injury caused due to sports and regarding various preventive measures that are available.http://www.ijds.in/article.asp?issn=0976-4003;year=2022;volume=14;issue=1;spage=40;epage=44;aulast=Kumaridentofacial injuryfacemaskshelmetmouthguardspreventionsports dentistrytrauma |
| spellingShingle | Alpana Kumari Ruchika Kundra Rajesh Kumar Abi M Thomas Sports dentistry: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure Indian Journal of Dental Sciences dentofacial injury facemasks helmet mouthguards prevention sports dentistry trauma |
| title | Sports dentistry: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure |
| title_full | Sports dentistry: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure |
| title_fullStr | Sports dentistry: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sports dentistry: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure |
| title_short | Sports dentistry: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure |
| title_sort | sports dentistry an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure |
| topic | dentofacial injury facemasks helmet mouthguards prevention sports dentistry trauma |
| url | http://www.ijds.in/article.asp?issn=0976-4003;year=2022;volume=14;issue=1;spage=40;epage=44;aulast=Kumari |
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