Dentofacial trauma in sport accidents

Trauma due to sports shows a tremendous impact to a site of the body which is not coverable. The purpose of this study was to document the overall rates of dentofacial injuries sustained in 42 different sports and to determine the distribution of main injury types among sports and the most common in...

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Published inGeneral dentistry Vol. 50; no. 3; p. 274
Main Authors Tuli, Tarkan, Hächl, Oliver, Hohlrieder, Matthias, Grubwieser, Gert, Gassner, Robert
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.05.2002
Subjects
Accidental Falls - statistics & numerical data
Adolescent
Adult
Age Distribution
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Athletic Injuries - epidemiology
Austria - epidemiology
Bicycling - injuries
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Infant
Male
Maxillofacial Injuries - etiology
Middle Aged
Sex Distribution
Skiing - injuries
Soccer - injuries
Sports - statistics & numerical data
Austria
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Summary:Trauma due to sports shows a tremendous impact to a site of the body which is not coverable. The purpose of this study was to document the overall rates of dentofacial injuries sustained in 42 different sports and to determine the distribution of main injury types among sports and the most common injury type in frequent kinds of sport. The results indicate that sport accidents were responsible for six times as many facial injuries as work accidents and accounted for three times more injuries than violence or traffic accidents. Sports with high speed and high impact resulted more in facial bone fractures, whereas sports with low speed and low impact ended more in dental injuries.
ISSN:0363-6771