{"id":3588,"date":"2020-10-06T07:10:10","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T07:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.empowerdentaltx.com\/?page_id=3588"},"modified":"2025-04-30T16:54:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T16:54:25","slug":"sports-dentistry-facts-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.empowerdentaltx.com\/index.php\/sports-dentistry-facts-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports Dentistry Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"cmsmasters_row_0pdmsuwt2b\" class=\"cmsmasters_row cmsmasters_color_scheme_default cmsmasters_row_top_default cmsmasters_row_bot_default cmsmasters_row_boxed\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_margin\">\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_column_t9f413kj3l\" class=\"cmsmasters_column one_first\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column_inner\"><div class=\"cmsmasters_text\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sports Dentistry Facts:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>An athlete is <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em>60 times<\/em><\/strong><\/span> more likely to suffer harm to the teeth when not wearing a mouthguard.<\/li>\n<li>It is estimated that mouthguards <span style=\"color: #2e75b5;\"><em><u>prevent more than 200,000 injuries<\/u><\/em><\/span> each year.<\/li>\n<li>Sports-related dental injuries account for more than <span style=\"color: #eb7b31;\"><em>600,000 emergency room visits<\/em><\/span> each year.<\/li>\n<li>Victims of knocked out teeth, who do not have a tooth properly preserved or replanted, may face<span style=\"color: #7030a0;\"><strong> lifetime dental costs of $10,000 to $20,000 per tooth!<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #d04040;\"><u>13-39% of all dental injures<\/u><\/span> are <span style=\"color: #d04040;\"><u>sports-related<\/u><\/span>, with 2-18% of the injuries related to the maxillofacial (upper front teeth).<\/li>\n<li>The National Youth Sports Safety Foundation estimated that more than <em><span style=\"color: #ff1212;\">3 million teeth were knocked<\/span> out<\/em> in youth sporting events in 2012 alone.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #528135;\"><strong>60 million children<\/strong><\/span> ages 6 to 18 years old participate in organized athletics.<\/li>\n<li>Every athlete involved in contact sport has about <span style=\"color: #c3950f;\"><em>10% chance per season<\/em><\/span> of an orofacial injury or a 33-56% chance during an athletic career.<\/li>\n<li>The cost of a dental implant replacing a front tooth and follow-up dental treatment is <span style=\"color: #92d050;\"><strong>upwards of $5,000<\/strong><\/span>.<\/li>\n<li>Most organized sports-related injuries <span style=\"color: #8c59b3;\"><strong><em>(62%) occur during practice<\/em><\/strong><\/span> rather than games.<\/li>\n<li><em>Dental injuries<\/em> are the <em>most common type<\/em> of orofacial injury sustained during participation in sports; a majority of these dental injuries are preventable.<\/li>\n<li>The cost of a fractured tooth <span style=\"color: #07b2f0;\"><em><u>is many times greater<\/u><\/em><\/span> than the cost of a dentist diagnosed and designed professionally made mouthguard.<\/li>\n<li>American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry recommends a <u>mouthguard for all children and youth <\/u>participating in any organized sports activities.<\/li>\n<li>On average, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>more than 5 million teeth are avulsed each year<\/strong><\/span>; many during sports activities, resulting in nearly <span style=\"color: #4270c4;\"><em><u>$500 million spent<\/u><\/em><\/span> on replacing these teeth each year.<\/li>\n<li>Over <span style=\"color: #d7b75d;\">80%<\/span> of all dental injuries involve the <span style=\"color: #d7b75d;\">upper front teeth.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>The <strong>American Dental Association recommends wearing a properly fitted mouthguard for all of the following sports:<\/strong> acrobatics, basketball, bicycling, boxing, handball, ice hockey, inline skating, lacrosse, sky diving, soccer, softball, squash, equestrian events extreme sports, field events, field hockey, football, gymnastics, martial arts, racquetball, rugby, shot putting, skateboarding, skiing, surfing, volleyball, water polo, weightlifting, and wrestling.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_text\">\n<h3><strong>References:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>American Dental Association<\/li>\n<li>Journal of the American Dental Association<\/li>\n<li>American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry<\/li>\n<li>Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine<\/li>\n<li>Academy of General Dentistry<\/li>\n<li>National Youth Sports Foundation for Safety<\/li>\n<li>Center for Disease Control<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_row_bkx2wrbd3f\" class=\"cmsmasters_row cmsmasters_color_scheme_default cmsmasters_row_top_default cmsmasters_row_bot_default cmsmasters_row_boxed\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_margin\">\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_column_hd783fvb7p\" class=\"cmsmasters_column one_half\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column_inner\"><div id=\"cmsmasters_heading_q3rhnrgkq\" class=\"cmsmasters_heading_wrap cmsmasters_heading_align_center\">\n\t<h2 class=\"cmsmasters_heading\">Schedule Your Next Visit<\/h2>\n<\/div><div id=\"cmsmasters_heading_ub1rwlhbkn\" class=\"cmsmasters_heading_wrap cmsmasters_heading_align_center\">\n\t<h2 class=\"cmsmasters_heading\">Make your appointment today<\/h2>\n<\/div><div id=\"cmsmasters_button_liidv7udlt\" class=\"button_wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patientviewer.com\/?RSID=3231303739&#038;CID=30&#038;C=1350\" class=\"cmsmasters_button\" target=\"_blank\"><span>Make An Appointment<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_column_v6mq94xlc\" class=\"cmsmasters_column one_half center\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column_inner\"><div class=\"custom_html\">\n<div id=\"mni-membership-637351863068299191\"><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/forneychambertx.chambermaster.com\/Content\/Script\/Member.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\nnew MNI.Widgets.Member(\"mni-membership-637351863068299191\",{member:343,styleTemplate:\"#@id{text-align:center;position:relative}#@id .mn-widget-member-name{font-weight:700}#@id .mn-widget-member-logo{max-width:100%}\"}).create();\n<\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_row_yylywg0b8\" class=\"cmsmasters_row cmsmasters_color_scheme_third cmsmasters_row_top_default cmsmasters_row_bot_default cmsmasters_row_boxed\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_margin\">\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_column_gt2638t07\" class=\"cmsmasters_column one_first\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column_inner\"><div id=\"cmsmasters_fb_tqmsmervyh\" class=\"cmsmasters_featured_block\">\n<div class=\"featured_block_inner\">\n<div class=\"featured_block_text\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 32px; 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