Oral lacerations during motocross: A case report

Shunsuke Hino; Akio Takeda; Takahiro Kaneko; Norio Horie; Tetsuo Shimoyama

doi:10.1111/edt.12357

Oral lacerations during motocross: A case report

Dent Traumatol. 2017 Dec;33(6):482-484. doi: 10.1111/edt.12357. Epub 2017 Aug 31.

Authors

Shunsuke Hino¹, Akio Takeda², Takahiro Kaneko¹, Norio Horie¹, Tetsuo Shimoyama¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan.
² Department of Oral Surgery, Kasukabe City Medical Center, Kasukabe, Saitama, Japan.

PMID: 28731548
DOI: 10.1111/edt.12357

Abstract

Motocross is a high-risk sport that can cause serious injuries including oral injuries. However, mouthguard use is not mandatory in motocross. This report describes a case of an oral laceration with exposure of bilateral inferior alveolar nerves as a result of a motocross accident in which the patient was not wearing a mouthguard.

Keywords: inferior alveolar nerve; motocross; mouthguard; oral injury.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Athletic Injuries / etiology*
Athletic Injuries / surgery*
Humans
Lacerations / etiology*
Lacerations / surgery*
Male
Mandibular Injuries / surgery
Maxillofacial Injuries / etiology*
Maxillofacial Injuries / surgery*
Motorcycles*
Mouth Protectors / statistics & numerical data
Tongue / injuries
Tongue / surgery