
@article{ref1,
title="Dental and orofacial injuries",
journal="Clinics in sports medicine",
year="2017",
author="Piccininni, Paul and Clough, Anthony and Padilla, Ray and Piccininni, Gabriella",
volume="36",
number="2",
pages="369-405",
abstract="Oral and facial injuries are very common in sport, and can be very expensive to treat. Many of these injuries are preventable with proper pre-competition assessment and suitable well-designed protection. Prompt sideline identification and management of orofacial injuries and appropriate follow-up are crucial to successful outcomes. There have been significant recent advances in both trauma management and mouth guard design and fabrication techniques. Athletes have a unique set of challenges-including collisions, finances, travel and training, dehydration, sport beverages, and high carbohydrate diets-that may compromise their oral health.<br><br>Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0278-5919",
doi="10.1016/j.csm.2016.12.001",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csm.2016.12.001"
}