Doha: This month, Aspetar will host a symposium on oral health in football with the goal of educating medical professionals and athletes on the usage of the most recent mouth guard materials and raising awareness of ways to reduce dental injuries on the field.
“Participants will have the opportunity to attend sessions on sports dentistry and learn to recognise various oral injuries and know the relation between occlusion and athlete’s performance.
Additionally, this event will provide unique opportunities to all attendees in the medical and sports field,” said Aspetar, an orthopaedic and sports medicine hospital. Registration has started and the symposium will be held on August 29 via Microsoft Teams.
The symposium is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Category 1) as defined by the Ministry of Public Health’s Department of Healthcare Professions.
The four-hour session will discuss topics on: Aspetar Dental Screening paving the way to Maximum Performance by Dr. Mohammed Alsaey, Aspetar Director of Sports Dentistry and Scientific Planning Committee Chair; Evidence to support the theory that poor oral health impacts sporting performance by Dr. Peter Fine; Oral health, a part of the athlete’s invisible training, by Dr. Sophie Cantamessa; Stomatognathic system in Football by Dr. Thanos Stamos; Effects of bite correction on performance in competitive sports by Dr. Stavros Avgerinos; Optimizing the Outcome of Dental Trauma by Dr. Jeffrey Hoy.
Also, The latest mouthguard materials and design to protect oral health by Prof. Tomotaka Takeda; Athletes Attendance and Barriers to Dental Care, with speaker Dr. Atef Hashem; and Going for Gold: preparing the medical workforce for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, to be conducted by Dr. Celeste Geertsema.
The target audience for the symposium are physicians, dentists, nurses, and allied health professionals. Interested professionals can register via Aspetar’s website, aspetar.com.
