Sports Dentistry

“Sports is a preserver of health”A physically active lifestyle is important for all age groups. Reasons to participate in sports and physical activity are many such as pleasure and relaxation competition socialization maintenance and improvement of fitness and health. Sports participation also carries a risk for injuries which may in some cases lead to permanent disability. Dental and facial traumas are common sports-related injuries. It has been widely reported that participation in sports carries the risk of sustaining dental injury.Sports is one of the main cause of trauma of the Oro facial region. Many other factors are also responsible for traumatic injuries fall is the most common cause of injuries due to lack of coordination in both the dentitions. The other factors accounted are bicycle injuries horse riding automobile injuries assaults torture etc.