TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1995//
TI  - A survey of tooth injury experience and attitudes to prevention in a group of Singapore schoolboys
JO  - Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore
A1  - Teo, C. S.
A1  - Stokes, A. N.
A1  - Loh, T.
A1  - Bagramian, R. A.
SP  - 23
EP  - 25
VL  - 24
IS  - 1
N2  - A survey of 246 boys aged 12-17 years (mean 13.8 years) determined the sports played, dental injury experience, knowledge and usage of and attitudes towards mouthguard wearing. Most played basketball and soccer. Twenty-one suffered 1 injury episode, 7-2 and 10-3 or more tooth injuries. Twenty-six subluxations, 19 fractures and 1 avulsion were reported. The sports with the highest prevalence of dental injury were boxing and wrestling (33%), soccer (20%), and basketball (19%). While 144 (56%) of boys knew about mouthguards, none wore one. Only 64 (25%) would wear a mouthguard if given one. Most dental injuries were minor, but four high-risk sports (> 19% injury prevalence) would justify preventive measures, including education for injury prevention and encouragement of mouthguard use.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0304-4602
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -