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Do Our Children Play Safe?

  • Naveen Kumar Ramagoni1
  • Y. Rajmohan Shetty1
  • Amitha M. Hegde1,*,

1Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Children Dentistry, A. B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences

DOI: 10.17796/jcpd.31.3.br41784v5u852p6t Vol.31,Issue 3,May 2007 pp.160-163

Published: 01 May 2007

*Corresponding Author(s): Amitha M. Hegde E-mail: amipedo@yahoo.co.in

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Abstract

Sports participation is a frequent cause of injury in general to children and adolescents. 719 athletically active school children belonging to the age group of 11-14 years were selected from the four urban localities in south India (i.e, Bangalore Chennai, Cochin & Hyderabad). Data was collected by a well structured questionnaire. The results revealed that the south Indian urban school children had inadequate levels of awareness regarding orofacial injuries and their emergency care. The knowledge regarding protective devices was found to be minimal. Majority of the children were aware of mouthguards but their usage was nil.

Keywords

sports participation, emergency care, preventive measures , mouthguards

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Naveen Kumar Ramagoni,Y. Rajmohan Shetty,Amitha M. Hegde. Do Our Children Play Safe?. Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry. 2007. 31(3);160-163.

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