Dentistry and Sport

The Italian Society of Sports Dentistry has, for years, endeavoured to establish the correct image of the sports dentist as a figure of reference and an ever-present source of support for anyone who practises sport, be it at professional or amateur level. Many Italian researchers in the field of dentistry, for years directly involved in prevention and in the treatment of athletes from different sporting disciplines, have contributed to this book, which analyses the role of maxillary, teeth, the temporomandibular joint, and the skeleton and muscles of the dorsalcervical region in the performance of the motor actions specific to single sports.
The book covers the following main areas:

• dento-maxillo-facial traumatology: from trauma to rehabilitation therapy, including specific and practical protocols trauma prevention, from the methodology to the design/construction of individual and personalised bite splints and mouthguards
• occlusion, posture and other areas linked to cervical-temporomandibular joint disorders
• diet and the oral ecosystem
• dentistry and sports in childhood, from the treatment of obstructive respiratory diseases to vertebral scoliosis
• lasers and oral mucosa lesions in athletes
• organisation of dental health services during sporting events and models of prevention
• medical-legal and insurance issues relevant to dental-facial trauma
• drugs in dentistry and doping