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In sports medicine, oral health is one of the cornerstones of an athlete’s global health because it has direct and bidirectional relationship with dynamic body balance and athletic performance. Therefore, a periodical evaluation is fundamental to verify and monitor oral health quality and also to examine the presence of local and secondary oral lesions caused by nutritional deficiencies and systemic diseases. This assessment favors early diagnosis and approach, contributing to a shorter removal from training and competitions while minimizing the occurrence of more serious lesions and sequelae. Seven essential points for a systematic assessment of an athlete’s oral health are presented and discussed in this chapter.

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  1. Odontology Center, Maringá, Parana, Brazil

    Silvia Maria Rocha Piedade Damasceno

  2. Odontology Center, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina

    Marly Kimie Sonohara Gonzalez

  3. Odontology Center, Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil

    Renata Bastos Del Hoyo Fernandes & Vera Lucia Gramuglia

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  1. Orthopedics and Traumatology, State University of Campinas – UNICAMP, Campinas / Sao Paulo, Brazil

    Sérgio Rocha Piedade

  2. Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, University of Munich (TUM), München, Bayern, Germany

    Andreas B. Imhoff

  3. Ascot Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand

    Mark Clatworthy

  4. Department of Orthopedics & Traumatology, Federal University of São Paulo, Vila Clementino - São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    Moises Cohen

  5. Espregueira-Mendes Sports Centre, Clínica do Dragão, Porto, Portugal

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Damasceno, S.M.R.P., Gonzalez, M.K.S., Del Hoyo Fernandes, R.B., Gramuglia, V.L. (2019). Oral Health. In: Rocha Piedade, S., Imhoff, A., Clatworthy, M., Cohen, M., Espregueira-Mendes, J. (eds) The Sports Medicine Physician. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10433-7_34

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