| Abstract | Cilj: S obzirom na sve učestalije bavljenje sportom u djece i mladih povećala se i učestalost sportskih ozljeda orofacijalnog područja, osobito dentalnih ozljeda, stoga je cilj ovog istraživanja bio procijeniti učestalost orofacijalnih ozljeda u mladih sportaša, kao i njihove stavove o korištenju sportskih dentalnih štitnika.
Materijali i metode: U istraživanju je sudjelovalo ukupno 229 mladih sportaša iz četiri različita sporta – vaterpolo, karate, taekwondo i rukomet. Korišten je upitnik o učestalosti orofacijalnih ozljeda, znanju o hitnim postupcima zbrinjavanja dentalnih ozljeda i o prevenciji dentalnih ozljeda te o stavovima I korištenju dentalnih štitnika. Upitnik je podijeljen sportašima na dan redovitog treninga.
Rezultati: U istraživanje je uključeno 229 ispitanika koji se bave različitim sportovima – vaterpolo (n = 59), rukomet (n = 55), karate (n = 58) i taekwondo (n = 57), od čega je bilo 157 muških ispitanika (68,6 %) i 72 ženskih ispitanica (31,4 %). Prosječna dob ispitanika bila je 13 godina (5-19 godina), a prosječno vrijeme bavljenja sportom bilo je četiri godine (1-16 godina). Orofacijalnu ozljedu tijekom bavljenja sportom imalo je 25,3 % ispitanika (58/229), a dentalnu ozljedu njih 15,3 % ispitanika (35/229). Najučestalija dentalna ozljeda bila je avulzija zuba (16/35 dentalnih ozljeda). Dentalni štitnik koristilo je 94 (41 %) ispitanika, od čega je bilo 52 % individualnih, 33 % polu-prilagodljivih i 15 % konfekcijskih štitnika.
Zaključak: Temeljem rezultata ovog istraživanja potvrđeno je da se dentalne ozljede događaju u svim kontaktnim sportovima te da sportaši nedovoljno koriste dentalne štitnike za prevenciju takvihozljeda. |
| Abstract (english) | Objective: Children and young adults participate in sports activities more frequently nowdays, therefore the occurence of sports-related orofacial injuries, especially dental injuries, has increased. The aim of this study was to investigate the occurence of dental trauma in young athletes, as well as the attitudes about the use of mouthguards.
Materials and methods: A total of 229 young athletes participated in this study.The sports involved were waterpolo, handball, karate and taekwondo. The questionnaire about the occurrence of dental injuries, knowledge about first aid procedures and dental trauma prevention, the knowledge, attitudes and use of mouthguards was conducted on regular practice day.
Results: There were 229 included young athletes in this study, participating in four different sports – waterpolo (N = 59), karate (N = 58), taekwondo (N = 57) and handball (N = 55). There were 157 (68.6 %) male and 72 (31.4 %) female athletes, aged 13 (5-19) years and the average time of participating in sport was 4 (1-16) years. There were 25.3 % (58/229) young athletes who experienced sports-related orofacial injury and 15.3 % (35/229) athletes experienced dental injury. The most frequent dental injury was tooth avulsion (16/35). Mouthguards were used by 94 athletes (41 %), while there were 52 % custom-made, 33 % „boil and bite“ and 15 % were pre-fabricated mouthguards.
Conclusion:The results of this study demonstrated that sports-related dental injuries occur in all contact sports among young athletes and that athletes do not use the mouthguards for prevention of such injuries sufficiently. |
