Intra-oral Mouth-Guard In Sport Related Oro-Facial Injuries: Prevention is Better Than Cure!

Abstract

India is rapidly assuming a more health-conscious posture. Olympic competition and professional sports have turned from mere dreams into goals. Many major professional sports leagues are expanding. Sports dentistry is a composite of skills for treatment, prevention, education and research in which dentistry and sports come together. Custom athletic mouth guards present additional health-care opportunities. They are designed to reduce the impact force of a direct blow to the jaw and create a gap between the condyle and skull thereby reducing the transference of the impact to the brain. The prevalence and severity of injuries to the teeth, jaws and intra-oral and peri-oral soft tissues, concussions and neck injuries are reduced when mouth guards are used. The dentist can play a proactive role in helping to deliver important expanded health care services.

• Authors: Sneha S Mantri, Shivkumar P Mantri, Suryakant Deogade, Abhilasha S Bhasin
• Journal: Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR (J Clin Diagn Res) Vol. 8 Issue 1 Pg. 299-302 (Jan 2014) ISSN: 2249-782X [Print] India
• PMID: 24596803 (Publication Type: Journal Article)