1Tutor, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha O Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
2Tutor, Department of Prosthodontics, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha O Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
*Corresponding Author: Dr. Kajal Kiran Sahoo, Tutor, Department of Prosthodontics, Intern, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha O Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India e-mail: dr.kajal2@gmail.com
Online published on 27 March, 2020.
Dental trauma in sports is the major linking channel between sports and dentistry. Sports dentistry deals with the prevention and management of athletics related orofacial injuries and their manifestations. Many athletes are not aware of the health implications of a traumatic injury to mouth and thus dentist can play an imperative role in informing the importance of preventing orofacial injuries in sports.
Dental trauma, Orofacial injuries, Sports dentistry, Prevention and management
