A survey of orofacial injuries among basketball players

Abstract

The high prevalence of orofacial injury among basketball players reported in this study justifies the need for multidisciplinary injury prevention interventional approach with emphasis on the rules of the games.

An assessment of maxillofacial fractures treated in a suburban tertiary health facility: a 2-year study of 167 patients

“…This is unlike the finding of a recent retrospective study done in a nearby Teaching Hospital where the incidence peaked in the 3rd decade [18][19][20] and many other research findings but in tandem with the findings of Abiodun [21] and coworkers in 2012, where the peak incidence was in the 4th decade of life. One may argue that this is a true representation of peak incidence and rural dwellers are less likely to lie about their ages compared with urban dwellers, who for various reasons will falsify their ages to appear younger that they truly are.…”

“…[10-13, [15][16][17][18][19][20] The mobile nature of the bone, angulation and presence of tooth sockets has been implicated to make it prone to fractures.…”

“…[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] The nasal bone among the Caucasians and the mandible amongst the blacks are the 186 most frequently fractured of the facial bones. [14][15][16][17][18] A systematic assembly of data with regards demographic patterns of maxillofacial injuries will no doubt aid medicare givers in no little measure. It follows therefore that an understanding of the cause, severity, and chronological distribution of maxillofacial trauma permit clinical and research priorities to be established for effective treatment and prevention of these injuries.…”

Dental trauma prevention with mouthguard in a nose fracturing blow to the face: Case report

“…8,9 Activities such as basketball and water polo where the players are often in physical contact show a high prevalence of trauma but very low acceptance of mouthguard use. 6,[10][11][12] Handball athletes are also susceptible to orofacial traumatic injuries, but the use of mouthguards is very limited in this group of athletes. [4][5][6] The case reported had an injury pattern that agrees with another report for the same sport.…”

Facial Injuries in Sports

“…Yüz bölgesi fraktürleri en sık trafik kazası, saldırı, düşme ve spor yaralanması ile ilişkilidir (9,10). Dünya genelinde fiziksel aktivite ve yarışmalı sporlara katılımın artması ile birlikte spora bağlı travmalar da artmaktadır (11). Yüz bölgesi, vücudun en korunmasız alanı olduğundan özellikle temaslı sporlarda bu bölgenin travma sıklığı daha fazladır (11).…”