title: Properties of athletic mouth protectors and materials.
abstract: The properties of a variety of mouth protectors and sheet materials used to fabricate custom mouth protectors were determined in order to recommend limits for a specification. Hardness, water sorption, water solubility, impact absorption, and tear strength were measured, and limits for these properties were suggested.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biologic and Materials Science, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1078, USA.
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Craig
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Godwin
mesh_terms: D000042:Absorption; D003799:Dental Stress Analysis; D006244:Hardness; D008422:Materials Testing; D009064:Mouth Protectors; D010969:Plastics; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013718:Tensile Strength; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D010969:Plastics; D014867:Water