title: Mouth guard for athletes during orthodontic treatment.
abstract: Mouth guards have been proven to greatly reduce the number and severity of traumatic dental injuries to participants in contact sports. However, there are some difficult problems in making mouth guards for athletes with orthodontic appliances on their teeth. We developed a method of making mouth guards by using a coating material for such athletes to prevent dental and oral sports injuries and to protect the orthodontic appliances. This mouth guard fits well and does not damage the appliances.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Surgery, School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sawaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ueda
mesh_terms: D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009064:Mouth Protectors; D009967:Orthodontic Appliances