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Sports related maxillofacial fractures in 77 Nigerian patients.

A ten-year review of seventy-seven maxillofacial fractures due to sports seen and treated at the Maxillofacial Unit, Ring Road State Hospital, Ibadan and University College Hospital, Ibadan is presented. Majority of the patients were in the 21-30 years age group. The male to female ratio was 4.1:1. Males were more involved than females. The mandible (54.5%) was more involved in sports injuries than the middle third region of the face. The most common sport implicated in maxillofacial fracture was soccer followed by boxing. A greater percentage of the patients (57.1%) had closed reduction and fixation. Though sports related maxillofacial fractures tend to be less grave than those due to road traffic accidents, they could be lessened by the use of mouth and face guards.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2001

[The effect of mouthguard on strength of the musculus deltoideus].

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of mouthguard on strength of musculus deltoideus and to observe the possibility of its improving sports ability. METHODS: The custom mouthguards were fabricated respectively for 8 subjects with soft resin by direct method. The activities of the musculus deltoideus and masseter were tested by means of electromyograph (EMG), while the subjects lay, made maximum voluntary biting with mouthguard and pressed 5 kg. The EMG potentials were transferred to a computer. The data were handled and the integral values of EMG were exported. RESULTS: The subjects set a great value on the mouthguard's comfort, retention and protection. The EMG values of the musculus deltoideus and masseter of the subjects biting with mouthguards were 1.1600 v/s and 0.3825 v/s, and the values of those biting without mouthguards were 0.6125 v/s and 0.213 8 v/s, respectively. The muscular strength of the former was significantly improved compared with that of the latter (P < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: Wearing a mouthguard and maximum voluntary biting can enhance the masseter force and reflectively improve the musculus deltoideus strength.

Electromyography↗
PubMed2001

Promoting oral health: interventions for preventing dental caries, oral and pharyngeal cancers, and sports-related craniofacial injuries. A report on recommendations of the task force on community preventive services.

The Task Force on Community Preventive Services (the Task Force) has conducted systematic reviews of the evidence of effectiveness of selected population-based interventions to prevent and control dental caries (tooth decay), oral (mouth) and pharyngeal (throat) cancers, and sports-related craniofacial injuries. The Task Force strongly recommends community water fluoridation and school-based or school-linked pit and fissure sealant delivery programs for prevention and control of dental caries. Using the rules of evidence it has established, the Task Force found insufficient evidence of effectiveness or ineffectiveness of the remaining interventions reviewed. Therefore, the Task Force makes no recommendation for or against use of statewide or communitywide sealant promotion programs, population-based interventions for early detection of precancers and cancers, or population-based interventions to encourage use of helmets, facemasks, and mouthguards to reduce oral-facial trauma in contact sports. The Task Force's finding of insufficient evidence indicates the need for more research on intervention effectiveness. Until the results of such research become available, readers are encouraged to judge the usefulness of these interventions by other criteria. This report presents additional information regarding the recommendations, briefly describes how the reviews were conducted, and provides information designed to help apply the strongly recommended interventions locally.

Athletic Injuries↗
PubMed1997

Project mouthguard: join the team to help our young athletes.

Project Mouthguard is a "win-win" situation for everyone involved. The athlete will be getting the best protection available for their dentition while they participate in school sports. The school will be able to prevent injuries, making sports participation safer and the job of the school's athletic trainer easier. Dentists will have an opportunity to do community service and help patients while also marketing their practice. The community will be aware of mouthguards, and those who participate in athletic activities can make more educated decisions on mouthguard use.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1999

[Prevention of dental trauma].

Dental trauma is for people under 25 years of age a larger threat than caries and periodontal diseases. Protrusion of the upper front teeth in youth should therefore be corrected by orthodontic treatment. By doing contact-sports the use of the mouth guard is necessary. Since several different types are available, one has to make a correct choice specified by the kind of sport. The statement that it is more important to use an apparatus than just to own it sounds logically, but is often not followed in daily live.

Age Distribution↗
PubMed1997

Treatment and prevention of alveolar fractures and related injuries.

Dentoalveolar trauma does not pose a significant morbid risk for the trauma patient. However, the long-term consequences of mismanagement can be devastating. Early, correct diagnosis, and appropriate referral of these injuries can affect the success of treatment. Failure to recognize or obtain appropriate consultation can result in premature tooth or alveolar bone loss, resulting in problematic prosthetic rehabilitation. The purpose of this article is to review the concepts of recognition, management, and prevention of dentoalveolar trauma. In situations where the possibility of trauma is likely, such as in athletics, dentoalveolar and related fractures can be prevented through the use of mouthguards fabricated by health care professionals.

Alveolar Process↗
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Oral piercing in athletes: implications for general dentists.

General dentists need to be aware of the growing number of athletes who display various forms of body art. Intraoral piercing and tongue jewelry place athletes at greater risk for serious medical and dental consequences that are confounded when the athlete attempts to compete while wearing a mouthguard with the tongue jewelry in place. All body jewelry should be removed during sporting events. General dentists have a professional responsibility to: become more aware of the extent and implications associated with tongue piercing in athletes to discourage athletes from having the tongue pierced; be prepared to manage postpiercing intraoral and dental complications; provide proper advice for the care and use of a mouthguard in the presence of tongue jewelry; and develop educational strategies that address the medical and dental complications of intraoral piercing.

Airway Obstruction↗
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A comparison of commercially available mouthguards and a custom mouthguard.

Participation in sporting events involves a risk of injury to the teeth and surrounding structures. The purpose of this study was to compare the properties of a custom mouthguard and three commercially available mouthguards. Tests included rebound upon impact as well as incisor thickness and hardness after fabrication. Results revealed that all three commercially available mouthguards exhibited greater rebound than the custom mouthguard. Rebound was related directly to the thickness of the mouthguard in the incisor region. The thickness of a mouthguard may be critical to avoiding injury to the teeth and surrounding structures.

Analysis of Variance↗
PubMed1997

Clinical manifestations of head and neck irradiation.

Treatment of squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity, salivary gland tumors, and Hodgkin's disease may include radiation therapy to the head and neck region. This therapy has treatment-related sequelae to the oral cavity and can contribute to increased rates of dental caries in these patients. To prevent radiation-induced caries, patients are instructed to use a high-potency fluoride application in addition to their standard dentifrice during radiation therapy and the postradiation phases of their treatment. Traditionally, patients are prescribed a 5,000-ppm fluoride (F) gel that is applied using mouthguards. However, due to oral postoperative conditions, many patients are not complaint with this treatment. In many cases, the availability of a fluoride product that is easier to use could result in successful patient compliance.

Carcinoma, Squamous Cell↗
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[Value of ventilatory assistance through the mouth in readaptation of patients with chronic respiratory insufficiency. Report of 20 cases (author's transl)].

Twenty patients with severe and chronic respiratory insufficiency (SaO2 less than or equal to 80% - PaCO2 greater than or equal to 50 mmHg) were treated with intermittent ventilatory assistance. They used volumetric apparatus 2 to 8 hours a day, during at least 6 months (22 months +/- 13). Respiratory status never improved strikingly, on the contrary most of the time it worsened and patients needed other ventilatory technics and/or died (11 of 20). This technic of ventilatory assistance does not seem to really change the prognosis of these patients in a severe and chronic state.

Carbon Dioxide↗
PubMed1998

Evaluation of athletic mouthguard through vibration test on maxillary teeth of human dry skull.

The athletic mouthguard has been used for the prevention of orofacial injuries in contact sports. In this research, the effectiveness of a mouthguard was evaluated for its protection of the maxillary teeth of a human dry skull through experimental modal analysis. The upper central incisor was excited by an electrodynamic shaker. The frequency response functions of the upper teeth were then recorded on an FFT analyzer in order to identify modal shapes of the maxillary arch with and without a mouthguard. In addition, transient response simulations were carried out and decay rates of transient response waves were compared. As a result, when the mouthguard was in place, the resonance peaks of the frequency response functions were dampened, and the nodes of the modal shapes for the anterior teeth were indefinite in the frequency domain over 1 kHz. In the transient response simulation, the decay rates of transient response waves when the mouthguard was used were significantly higher than those when the mouthguard was not used (p<0.01). The results suggest that the mouthguard relieves the stress concentrated on the anterior teeth in a frontal collision by absorbing and dispersing some of the shock energy, thus quickly stopping the vibration of the maxillary teeth. These findings support the clinical fact that mouthguards prevent orofacial injuries in sporting activities.

Athletic Injuries↗
PubMed2002

Dentistry's orphan.

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Dental Occlusion, Traumatic↗
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Attitudes concerning mouthguard use in 7- to 8-year-old children.

The purpose of this study was to determine the acceptance of 3 types of mouthguards 1) stock, 2) boil and bite, and 3) custom-made by 7-8 year old children playing organized soccer. Three teams volunteered to participate and the type of mouthguard was randomly selected for each team. The children were fitted for the mouthguards and after wearing them, a questionnaire was returned to the investigator. Eighty two percent of the children wearing custom made mouthguards and 87% of the boil and bite ranged from happy to enthusiastic about its use. None of the children provided stock mouthguards reported liking their use. Only 1 child in the custom group failed to wear the appliance during practice and games while the children in the stock group ranged from 20% to all of the time. Ninety five percent of the parents believe that children should wear mouthguards when injuries may occur. However, only 24% of the parents would be willing to pay $25.00 for this protection. It is concluded that mouthguards will be used by children during organized sports activities if they fit.

Athletic Injuries↗