Sports Dentistry for the Boston Area
Boston's Sports Dentists, Dr. William Papadopoulos, Dr. Pilar Sanchez and Dr. Eleni Papadopoulos are a Boston sports fan and athletes' favorite. The doctors and their team at Beacon Place Dental Group help Boston athletes of all levels to have a better career and sporting experience through their sports dentistry services.
Any sports participant, at any level, needs complete dental care from an expert Boston sports dentist. It is important that you understand why:
Suffering a sports related trauma can have lifelong effects on the injured area. Response time, in some cases 30 minutes or less, can be very important to how the wound heals. When an injury occurs, a well trained dentist can assist in certain injuries, to insure the damage tissues are restored to the original form and function
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Sports Dentistry and You
Sports Dentistry is the branch of sports medicine that deals with the prevention of dental injuries, treatment of injuries, and related oral diseases associated with sport and exercise.
Prevention
One of the most important and easiest preventive measures an athlete can do is to get fitted for a custom sports guard! Period.
Treatment
Unfortunately, accidents do happen. Getting treatment, and getting it immediately is of the utmost importance.
Related Oral Diseases to Sport and Exercise
What we eat, drink, and chew to enhance our performance can have direct effects on our oral health
Who Needs A Sports Dentist?
Anyone who participates in any sport can benefit from a sports performance mouthguard; period. Unless you are playing chess or poker. Athletes today keep pushing the limits and are competing at extreme levels. Boston is a sports town and home of many professional sports champions in the NFL, MLB, NBA, and NHL. Whether you are an elite professional sports athlete or a weekend warrior protecting your teeth, lips, gums, and jaws should be a concern of yours.
Approximately 15 million Americans su!er dental injuries and 5 million teeth are avulsed, knocked out, each year annually in sports-related injuries. During a single athletic season, athletes have a 1 in 10 chance of su!ering a facial or dental injury. In fact, the lifetime risk of such an injury is estimated to be about 45% according to the National Youth Sports Foundation. They also report that athletes who don’t wear mouthguards are 60 times more likely to experience trauma to the oral cavity.
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Why Is It Important to Have a Sports Dentist?
If you play a sport then you need a trained sports dentist in your corner Accidents happen, and when they do you need to act fast
Your sports dentist will have a team ready to assist - SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT
How to prevent sports related Injuries?
Simple- get a custom fitted sports guard! HOW DO I GET FITTED?
What to do if
you suffer an injury?
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WHO NEEDS A SPORTS DENTIST?
Anyone who participates in any sport can benefit from a sports performance mouthguard; period. Unless you are playing chess or poker. Athletes today keep pushing the limits and are competing at extreme levels. Boston is the hometown for many champions in the NFL, MLB, NBA, and NHL. Whether you are an elite professional sports athlete or a weekend warrior protecting your teeth, lips, gums, and jaws should be a concern of yours.
Approximately 15 million Americans su!er dental injuries and 5 million teeth are lost annually in sports-related injuries. During a single athletic season, athletes have a 1 in 10 chance of su!ering a facial or dental injury. In fact, the lifetime risk of such an injury is estimated to be about 45% according to the National Youth Sports Foundation. The NYSSF estimates more than 3 million teeth will be avulsed in youth sporting events. They also report that athletes who don’t wear mouthguards are 60 times more likely to experience trauma to the oral cavity.
Dr. William Papadopoulos is a seasoned sports dentist who can help you protect your smile. He provides exceptionally precise, well-fitting, protective mouthguards to elite athletes in Cambridge, Boston, and Brookline, MA.
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO HAVE A SPORTS DENTIST?
Su!ering a sports related trauma
FACTS FROM THE NATIONAL YOUTH SPORTS FOUNDATION FOR SAFETY
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Dental injuries are the most common type of orofacial injury sustained during participation in sports; the majority of these dental injuries are preventable.
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An athlete is 60 times more likely to sustain damage to the teeth when not wearing a protective mouthguard.
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The cost of a fractured tooth is many times greater than the cost of a dentist diagnosed and designed professionally made mouthguard.
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Every athlete involved in contact sport has about a 10% chance per season of an orofacial injury, or a 33-56% chance during an athletic career.
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The cost of a dental implant replacing a front tooth and the follow-up dental treatment is upwards of $5000.
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Victims of knocked out teeth who do not have a tooth properly preserved or replanted in a timely manner may face lifetime dental costs of $15,000-$20,000/tooth, hours in the dental chair, and the possible development of other dental problems such as periodontal disease.
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It is estimated that faceguards and mouthguards prevent approximately 200,000 injuries each year in high school and college football.
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The stock mouthguard which is bought at sports stores without any individual fitting, provides only a low level of protection if any. If the wearer is rendered unconscious, there is a risk the mouthguard may lodge in the throat potentially causing an airway obstruction.
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