Citation

Mantri SS, Mantri SP, Deogade S, Bhasin AS. J. Clin. Diagn. Res. 2014; 8(1): 299-302.

Affiliation

Sr. Lecturer, Department of Prosthodontics, Hitkarini Dental College & Hospital , Jabalpur - 482001 (Madhya Pradesh) India .

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, JCDR Prepublishing)

DOI

10.7860/JCDR/2014/6470.3872

PMID

24596803

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.

Language: en