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Volume 2, Issue 2 (Suppl)
Dent Implants Dentures, an open access journal
ISSN: 2572-4835
Dental Medicine 2017
October 16-18, 2017
October 16-18, 2017 New York, USA
29
th
Annual World Congress on
Dental Medicine & Dentistry
Relationship of sports dentistry with other areas of health
Gustavo Ferriera
Odontofitness, Brazil
T
he Sports Dentistry is an area of practice that includes theoretical and practical segments of Dentistry, aiming to investigate,
prevent, treat and rehabilitate, understanding the influence of diseases of the oral cavity on the performance of professional and
amateur athletes, with the purpose of Improving athletic performance and prevent injuries, taking into account the physiological
particularities of athletes, the modality they practice and the rules of sport. Technical-scientific knowledge regarding the sporting
modality and the physiology of the exercise are of singular importance, since both can influence differently in the process of
development of alterations or injuries, as well as in the recovery process. Diagnosing and healing all factors that cause a decrease in
the physical and psychological performance of the athlete, performing all the necessary procedures, so that the athlete has a standard
of excellence when it comes to oral health. Sports dentist care includes: Doping; types of dental materials; dental erosion (isotonic
consumption); adequate breathing; body posture (occlusion); facial trauma; dental trauma; mouthguard; periodontitis; follow clinical
protocols; oral cancer; dental esthetic and dental disturbances in sleep
Gustavo@odontofitness.com.brDent Implants Dentures 2017, 2:2 (Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2572-4835-C1-003