Dhillon Bikramjit Singh, Sood Nikhil, Sood Niti, Sah Nupur, Arora Dhruv, Mahendra Ashish
Senior Lecturer, Department of Prosthodontics, Institute of Dental Studies and Technologies, Modinagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Reader, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Vananchal Dental College and Hospital, Farathiya, Garhwa, Jharkand, India.
J Int Oral Health. 2014 Jul;6(4):104-7.
The paper provides a review about the orofacial injuries sustained during sports and the options available to the athletes for their prevention. It was done with a purpose to determine three different aspects incidence of dental injury during sporting activities, role of mouthguards in preventing sports injury, types of mouthguards and their properties. From this review, it is clear that sports carry a considerable risk of injury, this is not only true for the contact sports such as rugby or kickboxing, but also for seemingly less dangerous sports such as football. Amongst the different types of mouthguards, the most acceptable and safe ones are the custom-fabricated mouthguards, in particular the pressure-laminated ones. In general, mouthguard usage is less than the dental profession would recommend. As much of progress has been made in this area, need for the use of mouthguard needs to be emphasized and promoted by the dental profession.
本文综述了运动过程中发生的口腔颌面部损伤以及运动员可采用的预防措施。目的是确定三个不同方面：体育活动中牙齿损伤的发生率、护齿器在预防运动损伤中的作用、护齿器的类型及其特性。从本次综述中可以清楚地看出，运动存在相当大的受伤风险，这不仅适用于橄榄球或踢拳等接触性运动，对于看似危险性较小的足球运动也是如此。在不同类型的护齿器中，最可接受且安全的是定制的护齿器，尤其是压力层压式的。总体而言，护齿器的使用情况低于牙科专业人士的推荐水平。尽管在这一领域已经取得了很大进展，但牙科专业人士仍需强调并推广使用护齿器。
