| Autor: |
Nakajima, Kazunori, Handa, Jun, Takeda, Tomotaka, Ishigami, Keiichi |
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International Journal of Sports Dentistry; 2008, Vol. 1 Issue 1, p061-065, 5p, 1 Color Photograph, 9 Black and White Photographs |
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The Special Olympics is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering individuals with intellectual disabilities to become physically fit, productive and respected members of society through sports training and competition. The 2005 Special Olympics World Winter Games was held in Nagano Prefecture in the Hokushin region for 8 days between February 26 and March 5. This Special Olympics was the first held in Asia. In addition to sports and games, the Healthy Athlete Program was established to promote the health of athletes with intellectual disabilities. The Healthy Athlete Program provides health services in 6 specialties: eyes, ears, feet, physical ability, nutrition/lifestyle, and the dental health check/provision of using mouthguards. The Special Smiles deals with this dental health check/provision of using mouthguards. In this Olympics, about 2600 athletes from 80 countries throughout the world participated 7 disciplines and 79 events. In this Olympics, under the instructions of the Japanese Association of Sport Dentistry, custommade vacuum-type mouthguards were provided to all athletes participating in floor hockey. It was necessary to produce standardized type mouthguards for all athletes in only 1 hour. Training was given before the Olympics to volunteers such as dentists and dental technicians to produce the mouthguards in this limited time span. More than 500 custom-made type mouthguards were produced and provided not only to floor hockey athletes but also to athletes in other events when requested. These mouthguards fit into their oral cavities and were very favorably accepted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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