Chapman P J, Nasser B P
University of Queensland.
Aust Dent J. 1996 Aug;41(4):252-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1834-7819.1996.tb04869.x.
In Australia there is a tradition of early involvement of children in contact sports. Mouthguards are known to reduce the risk of dental and associated injuries--however, Australian studies of the use of mouthguards in contact sports and the prevalence of dental and associated injuries have only focused on adult participants. Previous studies of high school Rugby Union players in New Zealand have shown that between 13 and 15 per cent had previously sustained dental injury while between 30 and 37 per cent wore mouthguards regularly. One hundred and thirty Rugby Union football players attending a large high school in Brisbane participated in this survey. All believed in the safety value of mouthguards in football. All of the players in the four open teams and the majority of players in the four under-age teams wore mouthguards, and the incidence of dental injury was very low, approximately 4 per cent. These and other results will be presented and compared with previous similar studies.
在澳大利亚，有让儿童尽早参与接触性运动的传统。众所周知，护齿器可降低牙齿及相关损伤的风险——然而，澳大利亚关于接触性运动中护齿器使用情况以及牙齿及相关损伤患病率的研究仅聚焦于成年参与者。此前对新西兰高中橄榄球联盟球员的研究表明，13%至15%的球员曾遭受过牙齿损伤，而30%至37%的球员经常佩戴护齿器。布里斯班一所大型高中的130名橄榄球联盟足球运动员参与了此次调查。所有人都相信护齿器在橄榄球运动中的安全价值。四个公开组球队的所有球员以及四个未成年组球队的大多数球员都佩戴了护齿器，牙齿损伤的发生率非常低，约为4%。这些结果及其他结果将被呈现，并与之前的类似研究进行比较。
