Modern Sports Dentistry

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Roettger, Mark (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Textbooks in Contemporary Dentistry,
• Subjects: Dentistry.; Oral surgery.; Maxillofacial surgery.; Sports medicine.; Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.; Sports Medicine.

This book is intended as a one-stop reference that will assist primary care community dentists, sports physicians, athletic trainers, and emergency room physicians in meeting the needs of athletes when managing facial and dental trauma and sports-related oral diseases. The opening chapters provide a...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to Sports Dentistry
• Epidemiology of Athletic Dental Trauma
• Sports Related Dento-Alveolar Trauma: Emergent Care
• Role of Endodontics in Dental Trauma
• Facial Trauma Oral Maxillofacial Surgical Issues
• Temporomandibular Joint Trauma
• Restorative Considerations of Athletic Dental Trauma
• Prevention of Athletic Dental Trauma: The Mouthguard
• Sports Dentistry and Public Health: Rules, Policy and Politics
• Concussion in Sport: Role of Dentistry
• Dental Erosion in Sports
• Tobacco Use and Sport
• Athletic Performance: Drugs and Ergogenic Aids
• Oral appliances and athletic performance
• Team Dentist: Role of the Dentist in the Modern Sports Medicine Team.