Intra-oral Mouth-Guard In Sport Related Oro-Facial Injuries: Prevention is Better Than Cure!
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Correspondence
Dr. (Mrs.) Sneha S. Mantri
Gulmohar Duplex - 8, Ivory Tower, Near Dainik Bhaskar, South Civil Lines, Jabalpur – 482001 (M.P.) India.
Phone: 91- 9424685622, Phone : 0761-2601109, E-mail: snehamantri24@gmail.com
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.