mouthguard
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Research
2,014 papers- Sports mouthguard overview: Materials, fabrication techniques, existing standards, and future research needs.Dental traumatology : official publication of International Association for Dental Traumatology · 2023
- On-field instrumented mouthguard coupling.Journal of biomechanics · 2024
- Mouthguard report.Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) · 1987
- Basketball injuries.Medicine and sport science · 2005
- Instrumented Mouthguard Decoupling Affects Measured Head Kinematic Accuracy.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2024
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Article
10 sectionsContents
- Types
- Stock or ready made
- Mouth adapted or "boil and bite"
- Custom-made
- Dentistry
- Usage
- History
- See also
- References
- Footnotes
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A mouthguard is a protective device for the mouth that covers the teeth and gums to prevent and reduce injury to the teeth, arches, lips and gums. It also prevents the jaws coming together fully, thereby reducing the risk of jaw joint injuries and concussion. A mouthguard is most often used to prevent injury in contact sports, as a treatment for bruxism or TMD, or as part of certain dental procedures, such as tooth bleaching or sleep apnea treatment. Depending on the application, it may also be called a mouth protector, mouth piece, gumshield, gumguard, nightguard, occlusal splint, bite splint, or bite plane. The dentists who specialise in sports dentistry fabricate mouthguards.