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A multicenter study on dental trauma in permanent incisors among Special Olympics athletes in Europe and Eurasia

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Abstract

Background

Special Olympics athletes, as part of the population with intellectual disabilities, are reported to be more vulnerable to dental injuries due to poor lip closure, slow response to environmental obstacles, oral pathologic reflexes, or dental features. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of dental trauma among Special Olympics athletes in countries of Europe and Eurasia.

Material and methods

A retrospective longitudinal study was performed with data collected through standardized Special Smiles screening forms and procedures from consenting 15,941 athletes participating in the annual Special Olympics held in 49 countries from Europe and Eurasia between 2007 and 2012. The data was compiled in an Excel worksheet and transferred to an SPSS data file in order to be analyzed.

Results

A total of 2190 athletes presented dental injury (13.02 %) with a std. deviation of 5.02 %, and there were no significant differences (p = 0.136) in mean dental injury between age groups (one-way ANOVA test).

Conclusions

The present data suggest that dental trauma is an actual problem among individuals with special needs. The distribution of prevalence among the different countries had a remarkable variability, but it is evident that a relatively high proportion of this population is in need of dental trauma preventive programs.

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Acknowledgments

The authors are grateful to all the volunteers and athletes who participated in the screenings of this multicenter study during the period of study and the Special Smiles clinical directors of Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan for their cooperation in providing the data for this study.

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  1. Dental School, Centre of Special Care in Dentistry, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent University, 185 P8 De Pintelaan, 9000, Gent, Belgium

    Carla Fernandez & Luc Marks

  2. Special Olympics Germany, Healthy Athletes, Berlin, Germany

    Imke Kaschke

  3. Dental School, Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Special Care, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA

    Steven Perlman

  4. Special Olympics Europe/Eurasia, Healthy Athletes, Brussels, Belgium

    Bjoern Koehler

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Fernandez, C., Kaschke, I., Perlman, S. et al. A multicenter study on dental trauma in permanent incisors among Special Olympics athletes in Europe and Eurasia. Clin Oral Invest 19, 1891–1898 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00784-015-1403-x

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