Open AccessIntra-oral Mouth-Guard In Sport Related Oro-Facial Injuries: Prevention is Better Than Cure!
Author(s) -
Sneha Mantri,
Shivkumar P. Mantri,
Suryakant Deogade,
Abhilasha Bhasin
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2014/6470.3872
Subject(s) - guard (computer science) , medicine , oral health , dentistry , cosmetic dentistry , health care , oral health care , sports injury , physical therapy , political science , computer science , law , programming language
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.