TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Prevalence of dental trauma in individuals with special needs participating in local Special Olympics games
JO  - Special Care in Dentistry
A1  - Dagon, Nurit
A1  - Blumer, Sigalit
A1  - Peretz, Benjamin
A1  - Ratson, Tal
SP  - 34
EP  - 38
VL  - 39
IS  - 1
N2  - OBJECTIVES: The Special Olympics Special Smiles (SOSS) Program provides oral health screening and data collection for athletes with intellectual disabilities who participate in Special Olympics events. <br><br>AIM: This study evaluated the prevalence and severity of dental trauma among Special Olympics athletes with intellectual disabilities who participated in the 2016 Israeli Special Olympics games. <br><br>METHODS: A free voluntary dental examination was offered to all participating athletes. The examination was performed by volunteer dentists who completed a standard SOSS examination form, which included questions on oral health status and evidence of dental trauma in the anterior teeth. The dental traumas were categorized by a modified clinical version of the Ellis classification for dental traumas, and they were combined into three main categories according to their severity. Chi-square analysis was used to find differences between gender and age in regard to the prevalence of dental trauma. <br><br>RESULTS: The sample consisted of 249 athletes with intellectual disabilities aged 10-65 years (mean 29.2 ± 11.24). The prevalence of dental trauma was 27.3%, of which 9.64% were categorized as mild and 17.67% as severe. Most of the traumas (94%) involved the maxillary incisors. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The relatively high prevalence of dental trauma in special needs athletes revealed by this study's findings supports the need for using preventive measures, such as mouth guards, during sport activities.<br><br>© 2018 Special Care Dentistry Association and Wiley Periodicals, Inc.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0275-1879
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/scd.12343
ID  - ref1
ER  -