Dentofacial trauma in sport accidents

Abstract

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.