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- Title
Dental injuries in inline skating – level of information and prevention.
- Authors
Fasciglione, Daniele; Persic, Robert; Pohl, Yango; Filippi, Andreas
- Abstract
Inline skating belongs like ice hockey, rugby, and boxing to sporting activities with high-risk of suffering tooth accidents. Because of high velocity and loss of balance, especially on uneven ground, the injury potential in inline skating is higher. The objective of this work was to conduct a comparative study between Switzerland and Germany. The questions focussed on the frequency of tooth accidents, their prevention by mouthguard and the level of information about emergency measures after dental trauma and the resulting consequences for athletes. Using a standardized questionnaire totally 612 individuals, 324 men and 288 women, in two countries belonging to three different divisions (fun, fitness and speed) were surveyed. Fifty-six (9.2%) of these 612 interviewees have already experienced a tooth injury while inline skating. More than half of all interviewed players (68.3%) were aware of the possibility of replanting avulsed teeth. Only 32.4% were familiar with the tooth rescue kit. Just 65.4% knew mouthguard and only 1.9% of those athletes ( n = 12) wore a mouthguard while inline skating. The results show that the area of inline skating requires more information about preventing dental trauma through sports associations and dentists.
- Subjects
TEETH injuries; DENTAL emergencies; IN-line skating; TOOTH loss; DENTAL research; PREVENTION
- Publication
Dental Traumatology, 2007, Vol 23, Issue 3, p143
- ISSN
1600-4469
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1600-9657.2005.00415.x