ABSTRACT
For dentists interested in sports dentistry, there are a wide variety of private practice and community activities available for involvement. These activities include, among others, volunteering for mouth guard programs, participating as a sports team dentist, and becoming an active member in the Academy for Sports Dentistry.
Subject(s)
Community Dentistry , Dentistry , Private Practice , Sports Medicine , Athletic Injuries/prevention & control , Health Education, Dental , Humans , Mouth Protectors , Societies, DentalABSTRACT
A random sample survey of Illinois dentists was conducted to determine their knowledge and experience in providing mouthguards for individuals and athletic teams. This article offers information on their education and involvement in mouthguard programs.
Subject(s)
Attitude of Health Personnel , Dentists/psychology , Mouth Protectors , Clinical Competence/statistics & numerical data , Dentists/statistics & numerical data , Health Promotion , Humans , Illinois , Practice Patterns, Dentists'/statistics & numerical data , Surveys and QuestionnairesABSTRACT
The authors conducted a survey of dentists reporting tooth avulsions from basketball net accidents. Although the number of people injured was small, the dental injuries were serious. In many cases, multiple teeth were avulsed as a result of the maxillary anterior teeth becoming entangled in the basketball net while the patients were attempting to slamdunk a basketball either on a lowered backboard or from a raised take-off area. The authors present recommendations for preventing tooth avulsions resulting from basketball net entanglement.
