SPORT AND ORAL HEALTH. A CONCISE GUIDE

1. The Evolution of Sport in Society
2. The Popularity and Benefits of Sport and Exercise: Implications in Dentistry
3. Specifics of Physical Sports and Athletes: Different Types of Athletic Patients
4. Understanding Training for Physical Sports and Its Physiological Demands
5. The Importance of Oral Health and Athletes
6. Oral Health Risk Factor: Nutrition of Athletes
7. Oral Health Risk Factor: Cumulative Training and High-Intensity Sessions
8. Oral Health Risk Factor: Quantitative Salivary Alterations
9. Oral Health Risk Factor: Psychology of the Athlete
10. Oral Health Risk Factor: Dental Traumatology in Sport
11. Other Sports-Related Oral Health Risk Factors: Medication, Education and Access to Dental Care
12. Sport, Periodontal Consequences and Athletic Patients
13. Sport, Dental Consequences and Athletic Patients
14. The Dry Mouth Syndrome of Athletes
15. Dental Occlusion and Athletic Performance
16. The Influence of Physical Effort on the Manducator System: Synkinesis
17. The Spread of Oral Infections and Athletic Performance
18. Dental Pain, Life Quality and Athletic Performance
19. General Principles: Caring for the Athletic Patient in Sports Dentistry
20. Dental Practice for Athletic Patients: Principles of Prevention and Symptomatic Therapeutic Solutions
21. The Treatment of Dental Trauma in Sport
22. Doping, Prescription and Dentistry
23. Conclusion

This book aims to explore the intricate interrelationship between oral health and sport, with the focus on highly popular team games, endurance sports, and explosive events. In order to understand the vulnerability of athletes of all levels of ability to oral health problems, relevant aspects of sports physiology and training are outlined, as are the predisposing behavioral, psychological, and physiological elements. Specific sports-related oral risk factors are identified and detailed, and the dental conditions frequently observed in athletes are explained. The dental clinical reality of athletes reveals a wide spectrum of oral consequences, affecting both soft and hard tissues, that can adversely impact on training and competitiveness. Principles of dental management are highlighted, and therapeutic solutions provided for the most common dental lesions. Emphasis is placed on preventative measures and solutions adapted to the athlete’s individual needs, as well as the importance of effective collaboration with a diverse team of professionals. The book will be of interest to dentists, health professionals, sports coaches, athletes, and teachers and students of dentistry and medical disciplines.

Features
• Explores the intricate interrelationship between oral health and prolonged all exercise
• Identifies sports-related oral risk factors
• Describes the dental conditions most frequently observed in athletes and their impact on performance
• Provides therapeutic solutions for the most common dental lesions in athletes

Authors
• Jean-Christophe Egea, DDS, PhD, HDR, is a certified specialist in Orthodontics who combines private practice with part-time hospital practice in the Odontology Service of CHU de Montpellier in France. He is Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer in Physiology and Sport Dentistry in the Odontology Faculty at University of Montpellier and also undertakes work as a researcher in the Biohealth and Nanoscience Laboratory at the University of Montpellier. In 2014 he received his Habilitation to lead research activities from the University of Montpellier. Dr. Egea’s clinical work has included the dental management of professional rugby and volleyball players, while his research interests have encompassed clinical occlusion among top athletes, biomaterials in orthopedics, and saliva. He has published a number of articles in international peer-reviewed journals.
• Siobhan Budd, DDS, completed her qualification as Doctor of Dental Surgery at the Faculty of Dental Surgery, University of Montpellier, in 2015. She holds previous qualifications including a Degree in Geography from the University of Exeter, UK (1998) and a Master’s in Architecture from the University of Greenwich in London (2002). Her dental interests and activities focus especially on Physiology and Sport Dentistry. Since 2015 she has also been a researcher in the Biohealth and Nanoscience Laboratory at the University of Montpellier, where she is conducting clinical research on occlusion among top-level athletes. She has herself been a top-level athlete at middle distance events.