@article{ref1,
title="Oro-facial trauma in amateur secondary school footballers in Ibadan, Nigerian: a study of mouthguards",
journal="Odonto-stomatologie tropicale",
year="2004",
author="Onyeaso, C. O.",
volume="27",
number="105",
pages="32-36",
abstract="To assess the awareness and frequency of use of mouth-guards for football (soccer) among secondary school children in Ibadan, Nigeria, as well as the amount of oro-facial trauma previously associated with football game in these adolescents, a questionnaire - based cross-sectional study was conducted. Six hundred and thirty -one amateur footballers - 465 (73.7%) males and 166 (26.3%) females in the age range of 10 - 19 years (mean age, 15.01 +/- 2.86SD) completed the questionnaire giving a response rate of 90.1%. Majority (58.8%) of the subjects was within the 10-15 years age group. Awareness of mouth-guards was claimed by 69.7% of the respondents but significantly more of them who made the claim were not using the protective device for football games (p<0.05). More boys significantly claimed the usage of mouth-guards than girls (p<0.05). In all, 59.7% agreed that wearing mouth-guard was helpful in oro-facial injury prevention during sports with significantly more boys in agreement than girls (p<0.05). About 36% of the subjects sustained one form of oro-facial trauma or the other with significant sex difference (p<0.05). Secondary schools should serve as good starting points in the campaign for use of mouth-guards for contact sports before some go into professional sports.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0251-172X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}