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Article: Root Canal Awareness Week 2008 Urges Kids to Watch Their Mouths!
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- PR Newswire
- Article date:
- March 27, 2008
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Endodontists' Campaign Encourages Mouth Guard Use in Sports Other than Football, Hockey
CHICAGO, March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Traumatic dental injuries and knocked out teeth are most often associated with football or hockey, but spring sports, such as soccer and baseball, can present just as big a risk. Soccer players are approximately eight times more likely to suffer dental injuries than football players, and nearly 20 percent of baseball players will experience a dental injury. As such, the American Association of Endodontists (AAE) is urging young athletes to "watch their mouths" as part of its 2008 Root Canal Awareness Week campaign. The initiative, which takes place ...
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...Webster's NewWorld Dictionary 01-01-1988 root canal 1. a small, tubular channel, normally filled with pulp, in the root of a tooth 2. a treatment or procedure involving the opening, cleaning, filling, etc. of a root canal Copyright 1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.
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