Executive Director Message

Power of Sports and Active Patients in the Everyday General Practice

Having spent a lifetime being personally involved in such things as skiing, fencing, soccer, swimming, coaching college teams, running dental practices while managing the dental needs for professional athletes much can be said for keeping up to date with the latest and greatest skills that the Academy of Sports Dentistry shares with its membership.

While historically the association was first formed as a way for its members to exchange ideas and learn from each other in the delivery of dental care for professional and college team athletes, so much applies equally as well in today’s general dentist’s practice. From children riding their bicycles, high schoolers in intramural activities to retired seniors driven to get that winning point in pickleball accidents can and do happen to the face and teeth on a regular basis.

The Academy is a resource for dentists, athletic trainers, physical therapists and others who need to care for people of all walks of life, from the echelons at the highest level of professional athletes to those weekend warriors in dental practices who need to get back to the office on Monday. What better place to learn how to protect, treat, promote fast healing and get those patients quickly back into the game we call life!