Sport | Study type | Author/number of participants | Caries | Periodontal disease | Dental erosion/tooth wear | Pericoronitis/impacted third molar | TMJ disease |
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Biathlon | Epidemiological survey (oral examination) | Lundell24 n=31 | 22% with caries | Periodontal disease requiring care=6% | Not reported | 39% required wisdom tooth removal | 6% TMJ disorder |
Cycling | Epidemiological survey (oral examination) | Milosevic et al27 n=20 | Mean DMFS=11.6 (SD 8.4) | Not reported | 85% athletes with wear into dentine | Not reported | Not reported |
Football | Epidemiological survey (oral examination) | de Sant'Anna et al15 n=18 | Mean DMFT=8 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
Gay-Escoda et al21 n=30 | Mean DMFT=5.7 (SD 4.1) | Plaque score=2.3 (SD 1.1) Gingival score=1.1 (SD 0.8) Pocket depth=1.9 mm (SD 0.3) | Not reported | Not reported | 6.7% with deviation on opening, clicking in 16.7% | ||
Randell31 n=34 | 21% with untreated caries/pulp exposures | 3% advanced periodontal disease | Not reported | 32% with impacted third molars | Not reported | ||
Olympic sports/Mixed sports | Epidemiological survey (oral examination) | de Cardenas14 n=209 | 75.12% with caries | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
Injury or treatment audit | Forrest19 n=350 | Mean DMFT ranged from 2.8 to 16.8 | Mean periodontal score ranged from 0.6 to 2.2 | Not reported | 4% all emergency visits were for pericoronitis | Not reported | |
Needleman et al1 n=278 | 41% with caries into dentine | 76% BPE 1 or 2 15% BPE 3 or 4 | Present in 44.6% of athletes | 9.9% with pericoronitis | Not reported | ||
Szekely37 n=197 | Caries was 23% of all diseases | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | ||
Sharma et al33 n=342 | Fillings/temporary fillings 20%, endodontics 3%, extractions 1% | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | ||
Soler Badia et al34 n=266 | Broken/lost filling 20%, pulpitis 18%, caries 15.8% (athletes only) | Not reported | Not reported | 4.6% with pericoronitis or impacted wisdom teeth | Not reported | ||
Vougiouklakis et al38 n=658 | Fillings/temporary fillings 50%, endodontics 13%, extractions 16% Data from athletes and non-athletes | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | ||
Swimming | Epidemiological survey (oral examination) | Yang et al39 n=795 | Fillings/temporary fillings 29%, endodontics 16%, extractions 3% Data from athletes and non-athletes | Periodontal treatment 4%, | Not reported | Not reported | 0.15% of all visits to the Olympic dental clinic |
Milosevic et al27 n=205 | DMFS=6.2 (SD 8.6) | Not reported | 36% wear into dentine | Not reported | Not reported | ||
Triathlon | Epidemiological survey (oral examination) | Bryant et al11 n=31 | DMFT 0–4 in 6 cases, 9 in 2 cases Patients self-reported as moderate to high caries risk | ‘Good’ | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
Wrestling | Epidemiological survey (oral examination) | Persson and Kiliaridis29 n=51 | DFT 9.4 (SD 3.9) wrestlers DFT 8.2 (SD 5.5) control population | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | No difference between test wrestling and control (<0.05) (1 individual per group with TMJ tenderness) |
BPE, basic periodontal examination; DFT, decayed and filled teeth; DMF, Decayed Missing Filled; DMFS, DMF surfaces; DMFT, DMF Teeth; TMJ, temporomandibular joint.