Edited by
Peter D. Fine, BDS, PhD, DRGP, RCS (Eng)
Senior Clinical Teaching Fellow
Director of the Sports Dentistry Programme
UCL Eastman Dental Institute
London, UK
Chris Louca, BSc, BDS, PhD, AKC
Professor of Oral Health Education
Director and Head of School
University of Portsmouth Dental Academy
Portsmouth, UK
Albert Leung, BDS, LLM, MA, FGDSRCSI, FFGDP(UK), FHEA
Professor of Dental Education
Head of Department of Continuing Professional Development
Programme Director for the MSc in Restorative Dental Practice
UCL Eastman Dental Institute
London, UK; and
Vice Dean, Faculty of Dentistry
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Dublin, Ireland
This edition first published 2019
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Names: Fine, Peter D., 1951– editor. | Louca, Chris, 1963– editor. | Leung, Albert, 1962– editor.
Title: Sports dentistry : principles and practice / edited by Peter D. Fine, Chris Louca, Albert Leung.
Description: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley Blackwell, 2019. | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Identifiers: LCCN 2018023762 (print) | LCCN 2018024973 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119332572 (Adobe PDF) | ISBN 9781119332589 (ePub) | ISBN 9781119332558 (paperback)
Subjects: | MESH: Athletic Injuries–therapy | Stomatognathic System–injuries | Dentistry–methods | Stomatognathic Diseases–diagnosis | Stomatognathic Diseases–therapy | Athletes
Classification: LCC RK56 (ebook) | LCC RK56 (print) | NLM WU 158 | DDC 617.6–dc23
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This book is dedicated to all those athletes who have experienced dental trauma, dental disease, or oral health issues that have impacted on their professional, social, or general health throughout their lives. It is also dedicated to the small band of dedicated dental professionls who spend many hours attending postgraduate dental courses on sports dentistry, with the sole belief that they want to support athletes in their pursuit of excellence.
Paul Ashley, PhD
Lead of Paediatric Dentistry, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, London, UK
Peter D. Fine, BDS, PhD, DRGP, RCS (Eng)
Senior Clinical Teaching Fellow, Director of Sports Dentistry Programme, Deputy Director of Restorative Dental Practice Programme looking after the Master’s element, Department of Continuing Professional Development, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, London, UK
Geoffrey St. George, BDS, MSc, DGDP(UK), FDSRCS(Edin), FDS(Rest Dent)
Consultant in Restorative Dentistry UCLH, Honorary Lecturer in Endodontology, UCL Endodontic Department, Eastman Dental Hospital, London, UK
John Haughey, BDS
Chief Dental Officer, VHI Dental, GPA Sports Dentistry Advisor, Dublin, Ireland
Gillian Horgan, BSc, RD, RSEN
Academic Director (Health), SENR Accredited Sport Nutritionist and Dietitian, School of Sport, Health and Applied Science, St Mary’s University, London, UK
Albert Leung, BDS, LLM, MA, FGDSRCSI, FFGDP(UK), FHEA
Professor of Dental Education, Head of Department of Continuing Professional Development, Programme Director, MSc in Restorative Dental Practice, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, London, UK; Vice Dean, Faculty of DentistryRoyal College of Surgeons in IrelandDublin, Ireland
Chris Louca, BSc, BDS, PhD, AKC
Professor of Oral Health Education Director and Head of School University of Portsmouth Dental Academy Portsmouth, UK
Lyndon Meehan, BDS, BSc, MJDF(RCS), MSc Endo
Dentist with special interest in sports dentistry, dental trauma and endodontics, Dentist to Welsh Rugby Union, Welsh Football Association and Cardiff City FC, Clinical Lecturer in Endodontics, Cardiff University Dental School, Cardiff, UK
Rebecca Moazzez, BDS, MSc, FDSRCS (Eng), FDSRCS (Rest), MRD, PhD
Reader in Oral Clinical Research and Prosthodontics/Honorary Consultant in Restorative Dentistry, Director of Oral Clinical Research Unit, King's College London Dental Institute, London, UK
Ian Needleman, BDS, MSc, PhD, MRDRCS (Eng), FDSRCS (Eng), FHEA
Professor of Periodontology and Evidence‐Informed Healthcare
Centre for Oral Health and Performance, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, London, UK;
IOC Research Centre for Prevention of Injury and Protection of Athlete Health
Robert Stone, BDS, MSc, Con Dent
UCL Eastman Dental Institute, London, UK
The study of sports dentistry is a relatively modern specialty within postgraduate dental education that has lead the way in introducing the role of the general dental practitioner in dealing with the specific dental challenges that modern day sports can present us with. Initially seen as dealing with dental trauma, the teaching of sports dentistry has evolved into looking at the role of the dentist within the medical team, how dentists can support medical colleagues at major sporting events, how to introduce preventative measures in the sporting context, the role of oral health with elite athletes, and the importance of screening for common dental diseases.
The changing nature of restorative dentistry is reflected in the demands on dental practitioners to be able to advise and undertake treatment that is appropriate to this particular set of patients that perhaps have more demanding dental issues than our regular patient base. Although the field of sports dentistry is ever changing, the primary objectives of this book remain the same: (1) to inform dental and medical practitioners how to deal with orofacial trauma, both in the field of play and within the surgery environment; (2) to introduce the concept of dental screening, particularly during pre‐season assessments; (3) to prevent dental trauma of both an acute and chronic nature, acute being direct trauma to hard and soft tissues, chronic being tooth surface loss as a result of erosion; and (4) to investigate the role nutrition plays in elite and amateur athletes, with a view to reducing the need for them to require reparative restorative dentistry in the long term.
We would like to express our sincere thanks to all the authors who have contributed to the contents of this book. Their expertise in putting together this compendium of sports dentistry has been invaluable during the process of delivering what we hope will be a useful reference for dentists involved with sportsmen and women, medical colleagues who look after the general wellbeing of elite and amateur athletes and those allied professionals who witness dental challenges to their athletes.
We would also like to recognize the huge contribution made by Dr Barry Scheer for his foresight in developing the very successful Sports Dentistry Programme at UCL Eastman Dental Institute, London, UK. The programme, which continues to evolve, is believed to have been the first of its kind and has enabled many general dental practitioners from all over the world, with an interest in sport, to develop their skills and knowledge to deal with the specific problems experienced by athletes.
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