Dental Sport injuries are the prime linking channel among sports and dentistry. It has been noticed thatcontact sports possesses high risk for dental and orofacial trauma in a relative manner, though with adequate treatment it can be healed.Direct trauma may lead to injury to the supporting structures of the tooth which causes instability without displacement and this phenomenon is known as subluxation. It can also result in total displacement of the tooth from its alveolar socket which is known as avulsion. Trauma in an additional manner can cause extrusion which is the partial displacement (without removal) of the tooth from the alveolar socket or intrusion which is referred to as the deportation of the tooth into the alveolar socket. These generally form some axial malalignment (retrusion or protrusion).
Sports dentistry deals with the aspects of both the prevention and healing of oral/facial injuries in the field of athleticism.In this case Mouth guards can assist to minimize or eliminate the chance of dental injury while participating in sports.But inorder to provide complete care, the dentist must be adept and knowledgeable in the areas of operative dentistry, oral surgery, orthodontics, management of patient’s behavior and hospital dentistry.The sports dentist in the Avondale Dental Centre thus assists the athletes in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of oral injuries.
