@article{ref1,
title="Intra-oral mouth-guard in sport related oro-facial injuries: prevention is better than cure!",
journal="Journal of clinical and diagnostic research",
year="2014",
author="Mantri, Sneha S. and Mantri, Shivkumar P. and Deogade, Suryakant and Bhasin, Abhilasha S.",
volume="8",
number="1",
pages="299-302",
abstract="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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2249-782X",
doi="10.7860/JCDR/2014/6470.3872",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2014/6470.3872"
}