European Association for Sports Dentistry (EA4SD), Rambouillet, France.
European College for Sports and Exercise Physicians (ECOSEP), Thessaloniki, Greece.
Dent Traumatol. 2020 Dec;36(6):680-684. doi: 10.1111/edt.12593. Epub 2020 Sep 9.
Sports medicine has a multidisciplinary character which allows different medical specialties to investigate the prevention, etiology, and treatment of athletes' diseases. This leads to a decreased risk of injury and a faster return to play as well as an improvement in the overall health and well-being of athletes of any level and in all sports around the world. The oral health of athletes is now the subject of great attention internationally because of the increased prevalence and incidence of health issues such as dental caries and erosion, periodontal disease, defective occlusion, temporomandibular joint disorders, and orofacial injuries. Scientific evidence and research on these issues have also intensified over recent years. The best way to maintain player's health and performance is to include oral health in sports medicine with physicians and dentists working closely together at the individual level as well as with the cooperation between local and international sports medicine and dentistry associations. The European Association for Sports Dentistry, the Academy for Sports Dentistry, and the European College of Sports and Exercise Physicians are leading the way and have worked together to develop a consensus statement describing the main pillars of oral health integration into sports medicine based on the most common oral diseases found in athletes and linked to exercise, sports, and performance.
运动医学具有多学科性质，允许不同的医学专业研究运动员疾病的预防、病因和治疗。这可以降低受伤风险，加快运动员重返赛场的速度，提高各级运动员和全世界各种运动项目的整体健康和幸福感。由于龋齿和侵蚀、牙周病、咬合不正、颞下颌关节紊乱和口腔颌面部损伤等健康问题的患病率和发病率增加，运动员的口腔健康现在成为国际上关注的焦点。近年来，关于这些问题的科学证据和研究也有所加强。保持运动员健康和表现的最佳方法是将口腔健康纳入运动医学，让医生和牙医在个人层面上密切合作，同时让地方和国际运动医学和牙科协会之间进行合作。欧洲运动牙科协会、运动牙科学院和欧洲运动与锻炼医学学院正在引领潮流，他们共同制定了一项共识声明，根据运动员中常见的与运动、体育和表现相关的口腔疾病，描述了将口腔健康纳入运动医学的主要支柱。
