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In older children and adults, sports injuries are common. Dentists estimate that between 13 per cent and 39 per cent of dental injuries occur while playing sports. About 80 per cent of all dental injuries affect at least one of the front teeth. Damage to the tongue or cheek is common, too. Custom-fitting mouth guards are the best way of protecting teeth while playing sport. They act by absorbing energy from any blow and thus prevent (or at least vastly reduce) the chance of costly and painful dental injury.

A member of the HSE Dental Department in Castlebar has been awarded the O’Mullane Prize at the annual scientific meeting of The Irish Society for Dentistry for Children for her research highlighting the importance of mouthguard use among National School children taking part in contact sports.