H Barry Waldman, Steven P Perlman, Luc Marks, Thaddeus J Arnold
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Special Smiles: Sports Dentistry and the Special Needs Athlete.
There is a need to expand dental services to underserved populations, such as athletes with intellectual and developmental disabilities. This review introduces dentists to this need by sharing the direction taken by the Special Smiles program of Special Olympics and addressing the need to educate special needs athletes on prevention and care of sports-related mouth injuries.