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Traumatic dental injuries resulting from sports activities; immediate treatment and five years follow-up: An observational study
- Source :
- The Open Dentistry Journal
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Background:Traumatic dental injuries (TDIs) represent 18-30% of all oral pathologies and a considerable number of these are sports related. It is very important to treat sports-related injuries and prevent complications. However, very few studies investigate the most expedient therapeutic strategies for the treatment of dental trauma correlated to sports.Objective:The aim of this work was to focus on the average recovery time for different lesions, to assess adequate times for each athlete, to identify any association with complications and to investigate whether or not the use of mouth-guards interfered with a full recovery to normal health.Methods:This study involved a group of 30 athletes (15 male and 15 female) who had dental injuries of varying severity.For the purposes of data collection, two classifications were taken into account: a classification for hard tissue trauma and another for periodontal lesions. The athletes were subdivided in “type of lesion’ groups”.They were then treated depending on their individual lesions and followed up for 5 years. A statistical analysis was carried out to study the association between recovery time, lesion types and occurrence of complications.Results:The time for recovery was different for each type of lesion and ranged from 3-5 days (only uncomplicated fractures) to 14 days (all hard-periodontal tissue traumas). The total number of recorded pulp complications amounted to 6 cases. Among 30 athletes, 20 had begun and maintained, during the five-year follow-up period, the habit of using mouth-guards when practicing their sport activities.Conclusions:Recovery time and the severity of lesions are statistically associated: the more serious the injury, the more time an athlete needs to recover and return to competitive sports events. Furthermore, recovery time and precautionary measures (mouth-guards) did not influence the onset of complications. The subjects’ habit of wearing a mouth guard continued even after the end of the therapy and follow-up periods.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Complications
Poison control
Suicide prevention
Occupational safety and health
Mouth-guards
Lesion
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Injury prevention
medicine
Luxation injuries
General Dentistry
Recovery time
Dental trauma
business.industry
Human factors and ergonomics
030229 sport sciences
030206 dentistry
medicine.disease
Sport dentistry
Dentistry (all)
Dentistry
Physical therapy
Observational study
medicine.symptom
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Open Dentistry Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....353b727eabe669dba536e9c4d314be38