Journal of Technologic Dentistry (대한치과기공학회지)

Korean Academy of Dental Technology (대한치과기공학회)
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Fabrication of a sport mouse guard for performance and comfortable wearing

스포츠 마우스가드의 기능성과 안정적인 착용감을 위한 제작 증례

  • Im, Joong-Jae (Department of Dental Lab Technology, Daejeon Health Institute of Technology)
  • Received : 2020.07.29
  • Accepted : 2020.08.18
  • Published : 2020.09.30
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Abstract

Here, we studied the sports mouse guard as an oral device system, to minimize the sports related facial and dental injuries, jawbone fracture and brain injury, and by layering the hardened sheets for improving the activity performance and stable wearing. By pressuring and layering 2 soft- and 1 hard-layers of ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) thermoplastic materials, for a category of martial art, record sports and leports, here we introduce a methodology for thickness control of layers to protect the teeth and oral structure. A personally customized mouse guard optimized for sports by layering a mixture of soft and hardened sheets is not easily detached during the sporting activity, easy to breathe through, comforts to wear, and also improves the sporting record. A designed EVA thermoplastic material for individual sports is used as the mouth guard, which is stably attached, easily removed, and convenient for breathing through the mouth.

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