Oral health of paralympic athletes: is there enough scientific evidence to support oral health actions for this population? Narrative review
Saúde bucal de atletas paraolímpicos: existem evidências científicas suficientes para fundamentar ações de saúde bucal para essa população? Revisão narrativa
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.34117/bjdv8n11-318Keywords:
oral health, paralympic athletes, literature reviewAbstract
Paralympic athletes are athletes with disabilities who compete in official recreational or collegiate competitions. Like any other group of people, these para-athletes need special attention concerning oral health. Oral health is a hotly debated topic in the literature in general, but what about the oral health of para-athletes, is there enough scientific evidence on oral health to support oral health actions for para-athletes? This narrative review aimed to answer this question. A review of the literature using the PubMed database was performed between March and April 2022. The authors selected original studies in the English language without a limit of date. The search strategy consisted of a combination of terms “Special Olympics” AND “athletes” and “Paralympic athletes” AND “oral health”. 1140 articles were founded, but only 24 matched the inclusion criteria. The studies included oral health data from 185,499 para-athletes. Gingival problems and dental caries were the most cited oral problems. There is a significant need for the preventive and restorative oral health of this population. The studies provide sufficient information to plan specific actions for this population.
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