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Dental injuries in inline skating – level of information and prevention
Author(s) -
Fasciglione Daniele,
Persic Robert,
Pohl Yango,
Filippi Andreas
Publication year - 2007
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.1600-9657.2005.00415.x
Subject(s) - mouthguard , athletes , poison control , injury prevention , ice hockey , medicine , occupational safety and health , dental trauma , physical therapy , suicide prevention , field hockey , human factors and ergonomics , dentistry , medical emergency , football , physical medicine and rehabilitation , history , archaeology , pathology
– Inline skating belongs like ice hockey, rugby, and boxing to sporting activities with high‐risk of suffering tooth accidents. Because of high velocity and loss of balance, especially on uneven ground, the injury potential in inline skating is higher. The objective of this work was to conduct a comparative study between Switzerland and Germany. The questions focussed on the frequency of tooth accidents, their prevention by mouthguard and the level of information about emergency measures after dental trauma and the resulting consequences for athletes. Using a standardized questionnaire totally 612 individuals, 324 men and 288 women, in two countries belonging to three different divisions (fun, fitness and speed) were surveyed. Fifty‐six (9.2%) of these 612 interviewees have already experienced a tooth injury while inline skating. More than half of all interviewed players (68.3%) were aware of the possibility of replanting avulsed teeth. Only 32.4% were familiar with the tooth rescue kit. Just 65.4% knew mouthguard and only 1.9% of those athletes ( n = 12) wore a mouthguard while inline skating. The results show that the area of inline skating requires more information about preventing dental trauma through sports associations and dentists.