Sports-Related Dental Injuries and Sports Dentistry
Course Number: 127
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Additional Resources
See the Academy for Sports Dentistry website for specific emergency treatment instructions. .
The website of the International Association of Dental Traumatology, has a Dental Trauma Guide.
Organizations such as the Academy for Sports Dentistry, founded in 1983, contribute to overall efforts to eliminate dental injuries in sporting activities. The ASD conducts educational programs, publishes a biannual newsletter, offers an annual symposium for dentists and other health professionals interested in trauma and preventive therapy, and promotes legislative efforts and encourages research in all dentally-related sports issues.
The American Dental Association’s sports safety brochure, co-produced with the Academy of Sports Dentistry is available through the ADA Catalog. The brochure includes the importance of custom mouthguards, lists sports and active games when a mouthguard should be used, and tips as to what patients should do during a dental emergency.
The American Dental Association’s Oral Health Topics website includes key points on mouthguards. American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD). Decision Trees for Management of an Avulsed Permanent Tooth that can be found on the AAPD website in the Policies and Guidelines link. There are two current policy and guidelines publications:
2013 Policy on Prevention of Sports-related Orofacial Injuries and 2015 Guideline on Adolescent Oral Health Care.