著者

山本 征治

出版者

九州歯科学会

雑誌

九州歯科学会雑誌 (ISSN:03686833)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.57, no.6, pp.169-176, 2003

参考文献数

33

被引用文献数

2

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In recent years, various kinds of sports populations of youths and elders are dramatically increasing. In order that these support population can participate in a sport more happily and more safely, we have to take the safety measures for preventing serious injury of the oral maxillofacial region. Especially, for contact sports, mouth-guards, shoulder pads, leg-guards, tapings are need to be equipped as a protector for traumatic injury, It was reported that mouth-guards were useful not only to prevent injury, but to improve sport capability, and a relationship between the physiological function of the oral maxillofacial region and physical activity came to attract attention. In this paper, I will discuss the present status and the future view of sports dentistry, such as the efficacy of mouth-guards and occlusal relation on physical capability, based on the previous scientific reports and articles related to sports dentistry.