@article{Nikhil Seth_Ishan Prabhakar_Monica Chaudhary_Sumedha Kushwaha_Karandeep Singh Sandhu_2017, title={Sports Dentistry and Dental Traumatology- A Review}, volume={1}, url={https://ihrjournal.com/ihrj/article/view/11}, abstractNote={<p>Dental traumatology is a major connecting link between sports and dentistry. Sporting activities have become a huge integral part for those people who want to get involved in recreational activities. Dentistry plays a key role in handling oral and maxillofacial injuries which arise due to any sports activity. Sports dentistry is actually associated with prevention of injuries of oral and maxillofacial region and specific oral diseases in this particular area and its manifestations. Over the years, various preventive measures have become a significant part of sports dentistry which includes the use of mouthguard and dietary counselling. A sports team dentist, who plays a huge part in the diagnosis, management and prevention of injuries and diseases in sports-persons is also a great need in schools and colleges. In this review, we discuss the relationship of sports and dental diseases and how the parents and teachers are becoming an important factor in prevention of sports related injuries.</p&gt;}, number={1}, journal={International Healthcare Research Journal}, author={Nikhil Seth and Ishan Prabhakar and Monica Chaudhary and Sumedha Kushwaha and Karandeep Singh Sandhu}, year={2017}, month={Apr.}, pages={2-6} }