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Dental trauma and mouthguard usage among ice hockey players in Turkey premier league
Author(s) -
Çaglar Esber,
Kargul Betul,
Tanboga Ilknur
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
dental traumatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.82
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1600-9657
pISSN - 1600-4469
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-9657.2004.00271.x
Subject(s) - mouthguard , ice hockey , league , turkish , dental trauma , medicine , physical therapy , dentistry , physical medicine and rehabilitation , linguistics , philosophy , physics , astronomy
– An epidemiological survey was carried out among the ice hockey players of Turkish Premier Ice Hockey League. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the prevalence of dental trauma in youth and adult ice hockey players, as well as to check if the players were aware of mouthguards and had used any. The players were interviewed to determine the occurrence of dental trauma during ice hockey and mouthguard usage level. Results revealed that awareness of Turkish ice hockey players to dental trauma is neglected while the majority of players also demonstrated limited utilization of mouthguard.