Knowledge and prevalence of trauma and evaluation of the impact of educational and preventive actions on a population of athletes

This university extension project aimed to verify the knowledge of athletes about dental trauma, prevalence and type trauma that occurred in sports, previous use mouthguards evaluate impact educational/preventive actions implemented this population. The study was divided into 1) Application Questionnaire 1 (n=94); 2) Clinical examination manufacture mouthguards; 3) Lecture on trauma; 4) questionnaire 2 (n=40). data were submitted descriptive analysis Fisher's exact test, with a significance 5%. Athletes showed little trauma. protector higher fighting sports category (p<0.05). After lectures, improvement high adherence custom-made mouthguards. These results show how projects have positive impact, changing reality