TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Intra-oral mouth-guard in sport related oro-facial injuries: prevention is better than cure!
JO  - Journal of clinical and diagnostic research
A1  - Mantri, Sneha S.
A1  - Mantri, Shivkumar P.
A1  - Deogade, Suryakant
A1  - Bhasin, Abhilasha S.
SP  - 299
EP  - 302
VL  - 8
IS  - 1
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 2249-782X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2014/6470.3872
ID  - ref1
ER  -