At RBG Clinic, we recommend that athletes treat their oral health as if it were a muscle injury. Cavities, infections, or problems with wisdom teeth can directly affect physical performance, causing everything from fatigue to cramps and headaches.
Therefore, it is important to attend checkups and have your teeth cleaned as needed.
Oral infections in athletes can affect performance, diminishing the physical abilities of those who regularly practice sports.
Stress and bruxism in athletes
Physical and mental stress can reduce salivation, promoting the development of cavities. In addition, many athletes develop cavities. bruxism or orofacial pain due to unconscious clenching of the teeth.
At RBG Clinic, we recommend that during the preseason, any type of pathology should be diagnosed and treated early, if necessary, to prevent oral infections in athletes.
Dr. Francisco Rábago, an Oral Surgery specialist at Rbg Clinic, says that throughout his professional career and up to today, many athletes, some of them nationally and internationally recognized, have visited doctors who are experts in other specialties without finding any improvement. This is because the cause of this discomfort has its origin in the mouth.
It is advisable to properly inspect all the organs involved in speech, chewing and swallowing food and drink to rule out any connection. Special attention should also be paid to physical problems caused by pathologies in the third molars or wisdom teeth.
