Conhecimento de professores e estudantes de educação física da Unisul acerca dos protetores bucais na prática de atividades esportivas / Knowledge of teachers and students of physical education at Unisul about mouth guards in sports practice

A literatura não deixa dúvidas da importância do uso dos protetores bucais (PBs) na prática de esportes de impacto para a prevenção de traumas orofaciais. Objetivo: avaliar o nível de conhecimento dos professores e alunos do Curso de Educação Física da Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina, Unidade Pedra Branca, campus Grande Florianópolis, com relação ao uso dos PBs na prevenção de traumas. Materiais e método: este é um estudo exploratório descritivo, no qual foi aplicado um questionário com questões que avaliaram o conhecimento dos entrevistados. Os dados obtidos foram tabulados em uma planilha do Microsoft Excel e submetidos à análise estatística descritiva no software SPSS 20.0. Resultados: foi demonstrado que 93,9% dos entrevistados conheciam os PBs. Com relação ao seu uso, apenas 30,5% dos entrevistados já utilizaram ou utilizam os PBs, sendo que apenas 2,3% utilizam PBs personalizados. Conclusão: pode-se concluir que ainda há pouca informação acerca dos PBs pelos profissionais e alunos do curso de Educação Física, especialmente com relação aos PBs personalizados, que são os mais indicados.(AU)

The literature is clear regarding the importance of the use of mouth guards in the practice of impact sports to prevent orofacial trauma. Objective: to evaluate the level of knowledge of teachers and students of Physical Education at the Santa Catarina Southern University (UNISUL), Pedra Branca unit, campus of the great Florianópolis area, SC, Brazil, regarding the use of mouth guards to prevent trauma. Materials and method: descriptive exploratory study that applied a questionnaire to assess the knowledge of respondents about mouth guards. The data obtained were tabulated in an Excel spreadsheet and submitted to descriptive statistical analysis in the SPSS 20.0 software. Results: the study showed that 93.9% of respondents were familiar with mouth guards. Regarding their use, only 30.5% of respondents had used or uses the device and only 2.3% uses custom-made mouth guards. Conclusion: it may be concluded there is still little information on mouth guards from teachers and students of Physical Education, especially regarding custom-made mouth guards, which are mostly indicated.(AU)

Influence of hormonal variation on periodontal tissues during premenstrual and preovulatory periods

The aim of this work was to evaluate the hormonal influence on periodontal tissues in two moments: premenstrual and preovulatory, in women whose are in the reproductive phase between 18 and 45 years. The sample is composed by 30 women, who were analyzed following the inclusion criteria as: not pregnant women, who are not using contraceptive or other means of hormonal replacement, who were not in the menopause and who did not present systemic diseases. The periodontal exams were accomplished in two periods: premenstrual and preovulatory, when it was verified blee din gon probing (BOP) and probing depth (PD) indexes. The premenstrual period obtained greater bleeding on probing index when compared with preovulatory period, showing a statistically significant difference. However, in spite of the probing depth measurements have been greater in the premenstrual period (1.684±0.4728) than in the preovulatoryone (1.679 ± 0.4749); the differences were not statistically significant. Basin gon the resultsand according to the methodology used, it was possible conclude that the hormonal variation influences on periodontal tissues.