Year :
2024
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18
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Awareness about Dental Injuries Associated with Contact Sports and Use of Mouthguards in Young Trainees Playing Khokho, Kabaddi and Football in Bhubaneswar City: A Cross-sectional Study
Published: June 1, 2024 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2024/69879.19564
Spandita Das, Ipseeta Menon, Kunal Jha, Gunjan Kumar, Arpita Singh, Diplina Barman
1. Postgraduate Student, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
2. Professor and Head, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
3. Professor, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
4. Professor, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
5. Reader, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
6. Senior Research Fellow, Department of Division of Epidemiology, ICMR-National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Correspondence Address :
Spandita Das,
Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar-751024, Odisha, India.
E-mail: spanditadas.96@gmail.com
Abstract
Introduction: Dental trauma sustained while participating in sports is the main element that connects dentistry and sports. Sports involving frequent physical contact with other athletes increase the risk of dentofacial injuries. This association underscores the importance of preventive measures, with well-fitted athletic mouthguards identified as a key intervention to mitigate the risk of dentofacial injuries.
Aim: To assess awareness about sports-related dental injuries and mouthguard use among young trainees in three contact sports-khokho, kabaddi, and football.
Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from May 2023 to July 2023, which included 226 young trainees from the Government College of Physical Education, Bhubaneswar, engaged in football, kabaddi, and khokho. Data was collected using a self-structured questionnaire and were subjected to analysis employing the Chi-square test. Sports-related dental injury was assessed using the Traumatic Dental Injury codes of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Oral Health Assessment Form for Adults, 2013.
Results: Eight (8.3%) football players had the highest incidence of upper left central incisor enamel fracture, as determined by the dental injury codes. The majority of the trainees, 206 (91.2%), were aware of what a mouthguard is. However, 135 (59.7%) agreed that mouthguard use should be mandatory during sports practice. A p-value <0.0001 was considered statistically significant.
Conclusion: While most trainees displayed awareness of sports-related dental injuries, familiarity with mouthguards was lacking. Football players exhibited the highest prevalence of sports-related dental injuries, followed by kabaddi players, with the lowest incidence observed among khokho players.
Keywords
Dental trauma, Sports injury
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2024/69879.19564
Date of Submission: Jan 31, 2024
Date of Peer Review: Mar 09, 2024
Date of Acceptance: Apr 11, 2024
Date of Publishing: Jun 01, 2024
AUTHOR DECLARATION:
• Financial or Other Competing Interests: None
• Was Ethics Committee Approval obtained for this study? Yes
• Was informed consent obtained from the subjects involved in the study? Yes
• For any images presented appropriate consent has been obtained from the subjects. NA
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