Setting the Scene: Endurance Sport, Athletes & Training: A Brief History of Sport -- The Current Popularity of Endurance Sports: Why? -- A Definition of Sport -- Physiological Basics of Endurance Sports -- Regulatory Medical Surveillance of Sport. Oral Health: Sports-Related Risk Factors: The Importance of Oral Health and Athletes -- A Summary of The Risk Factors Affecting Oral Health -- Nutrition of Endurance Athletes: Risk Factor -- Too Much of a Good Thing? The Time Factor Risk -- Exercise Induced Immune Suppression: Risk Factor -- Salivary Alterations: Risk Factor -- Psychology of The Endurance Athlete: Risk Factor -- Medication And The Endurance Athlete: Risk Factor -- Dental Traumatology and the Endurance Athlete: Risk Factor -- Education, Knowledge and Motivation: Risk Factor -- Access to Dental Treatment: Risk Factor. Clinical Reality: Physiological Processes & Oral Health: Periodontal Consequences -- Dental Consequences -- The Dry Mouth Syndrome of Athletes -- Clinical Reality: Dental Occlusion And Performance -- One Step Further: The Influence of Physical Effort on the Manducator System -- The Spread of Oral Infections and Performance -- Dental Pain and Performance -- Notion of Life Quality. Dental Management and Care of Athletes: General Principles -- Specific Principles: Dental Practice -- Therapeutic Solutions for the Most Common Dental Lesions in Endurance Athletes -- The Treatment of Dental Trauma -- Doping, Prescription and Dentistry -- Conclusion (and Final Remarks). Appendix.