Three systematic reviews were conducted on:(i) the history of mouthguard use in sports;(ii)
mouthguard material and construction; and (iii) the effectiveness of mouthguards in …

Objectives. This paper examines the literature dealing with oral–facial injuries received
during participation in sport and the possibilities open to athletes for their prevention. In …

BACKGROUND: The Military Training Task Force of the Defense Safety Oversight Council
chartered a Joint Services Physical Training Injury Prevention Working Group to:(1) …

Objective: To determine if there is evidence that equipment use reduces sport concussion
risk and/or severity. Data sources: 12 electronic databases were searched using a …

Purpose Dental injuries can be permanent and disfiguring. They are also universally
expensive to treat. Many dentists, sports physicians, and athletic trainers recommend …

The objective of the present work was to study the occurrence of dental trauma in different
sports, as well as to check if athletes used mouthguard during sport activities, and knew the …

Background Sport activities can account for up to one-third of all orofacial injuries.
Mouthguards (MGs) have been proposed as a way to reduce these injuries. Objectives To …

Sports dentistry had its origins in the 1980s. More recently, the Academy for Sports Dentistry
joined forces with the International Association of Dental Traumatology in cosponsoring the …

This pilot study of sports-related injuries in Illinois confirms that football players do not
encounter orofacial injuries as often as other athletes. The authors attribute this to …

ABSTRACT MURTAUGH, K. Injury patterns among female field hockey players. Med. Sci.
Sports Exerc., Vol. 33, No. 2, 2001, pp. 201–207. Purpose: To examine injury patterns …