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Graphic illustrations and clinical photographs of actual patient injuries may be upsetting.

Graphic illustrations and clinical photographs of actual patient injuries may be upsetting. Ten million dental injuries will occur and 4 to 5 million teeth will be knocked out this year! Injuries to front teeth occur in 25 percent of Americans between the ages of 6 and 50.

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Graphic illustrations and clinical photographs of actual patient injuries may be upsetting.

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  1. Graphic illustrations and clinical photographs of actual patient injuries may be upsetting.

  2. Ten million dental injuries will occur and 4 to 5 million teeth will be knocked out this year! • Injuries to front teeth occur in 25 percent of Americans between the ages of 6 and 50.

  3. Would you know what to do if a friend or teammate had a tooth knocked out?

  4. Did you know that most sports-related dental injuries can be prevented?

  5. Lips Cheeks Tongue Lacerations Abrasions Swelling

  6. Teeth • Bones • Joints

  7. Fractures Crown Root Partial Avulsion Complete Avulsion

  8. It is estimated that 10 million dental injuries will occur this year. • One of every four Americans between the ages of 6 and 50 will have damage to their front teeth.

  9. By the end of high school, one of three boys and one of four girls will have suffered a dental injury.

  10. Increased involvement in school and community athletics • Increased involvement of girls • In 1960, boys had three times as many dental injuries as girls. • Now, the ratio is 1.5 to 1. • Higher levels of competition

  11. Higher rate of oral injuries than any other sport • Thirty-one percent of Florida players surveyed reported an oral injury during the season.

  12. Injuries are common because athletes engage in physical contact.

  13. More than 31,000dental injuries in young baseball players

  14. HIGH RISK! • Hit in the face with ball or bat • Misjudge fly ball

  15. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

  16. Before football players wore mouthguards, oral injuries accounted for 50 percent of all injuries. After players began wearing mouthguards, oral injuries accounted for .5 percent of all injuries

  17. Football players wear helmets and mouthguards for protection.

  18. A soft, protective device athletes wear on their teeth to minimize trauma to oral-facial tissues in the case of an injury.

  19. Custom-made mouthguards help prevent concussions, as well as dental and jaw injuries.

  20. Mouthguards provide impact- absorbing support for the lower jaw. • They can prevent concussions by separating the upper and lower jaws and help keep impact from being delivered to the base of the skull.

  21. Comfortable • Fit well • Allow you to speak and breath easily • Tear-resistant • Protect your teeth, gums and lips

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