Epidemiology of Facial Injuries in Sport Amanda M. Black, CAT(C), MSc a,b,c , Paul H. Eliason, MSc a,b,c , Declan A. Patton, PhD a,b,c,d , Carolyn A. Emery, PT, PhD a,b,c,e, * INTRODUCTION Participation in sport is associated with several health benefits. 1 However, there is also a risk of injury. Sport reportedly accounts for 4% to 41% of facial fractures, 2–11 0.3% to 24% of eye injuries, 12–16 and 0.8% to 26% of dental injuries 17–21 evaluated at Disclosure: The authors have no conflicts to disclose. a Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive Northwest, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada; b Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Health Research Innovation Centre, Room 1A10, 3330 Hospital Drive Northwest, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada; c Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Heritage Medical Research Building, Room 293, 3330 Hospital Drive Northwest, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada; d Australian Collaboration for Research into Injury in Sport and Its Preven- tion (ACRISP), Federation University, Lydiard Street South, Ballarat, Victoria 3350, Australia; e Departments of Pediatrics and Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive Northwest, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada * Corresponding author. Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive Northwest, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada. E-mail address: caemery@ucalgary.ca KEYWORDS  Epidemiology  Facial injuries  Sport injuries  Eye injuries  Dental injuries  Maxillofacial injuries KEY POINTS  Sport-related facial injuries can represent up to 41% of the injuries seen at emergency clinics.  The top sports responsible for facial injuries vary depending on the country, and include baseball, basketball, floorball, soccer, tennis, rink bandy, and cycling.  At present, understanding the burden of facial injuries in sport is challenging because studies are largely based on emergency room data and do not account for sport exposure time or participation rates.  Future prospective studies that adjust for exposure and include standardized definitions of injuries are needed to better understand the risk and to evaluate the effectiveness of prevention programs. Clin Sports Med - (2016) -–- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csm.2016.11.001 sportsmed.theclinics.com 0278-5919/16/ª 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.