health science: using mouthguards

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Dental Health in Teens DENTAL INJURIES & USING MOUTH GUARDS

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Designed for secondary school health science this powerpoint explains the importance of protecting teeth with mouth guards.

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  • 1. People who play sports can be injured.

2. One way they get injured is having their teeth knocked out. 3. Maybe these pictures make you laugh, but its not very funny when it happens. 4. OUCH ! 5. extremely painful! 6. More than 5 million teeth are injured/knocked out every year 500 million dollars are spent on replacing teeth13-39% of all dental injuries are related to sports 7. Do you like to go to the Dentist? 8. No? If you play sports, wear a mouth guard! 9. Mouth guard 10. mouth guards 11. Smart professional athletes always wear mouth guards 12. Wear a mouth guard Save a tooth! 13. This PowerPoint presentation was designed by Carol McKee Marque Copyright 2010 For questions/permission to use please contact [email protected]