Naslov
Individual intraoral mouthguard programs in prevention of sports trauma

Autori
Badel, Tomislav ; Jerolimov, Vjekoslav ; Pandurić, Josip

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, stručni

Izvornik
29. Annual Conference of the European Prosthodontic Association & 23. Annual Conference of the Polish Prosthodontic Assoaciation : Abstracts ; u: Protetika stomatologiczna (ISSN 0033-1783) 55 (2005) / Spiechowicz, Eugeniusz - Varšava : Plosko Towarzystwo Stomatologicznego - sekcja protetyki, 2005, 113-114

Skup
Annual Conference of the European Prosthodontic Association & Annual Conference of the Polish Prosthodontic Assoaciation (23 ; 2005)

Mjesto i datum
Poznań, Poljska, 01.09.2005. - 03.09.2005

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
intraoral mouthguard; sports trauma; custom-made mouthguard; sports dentistry

Sažetak
Intraoral mouthguards are an indispensable part of dental care dedicated to both levels of sports involvement - the professional and the recreational. The aim of this paper was to point to the need for protective devices such as mouthguards in order to avoid possible sports-related dental/orofacial injuries. Custom-made mouthguards are the most highly recommended mouthguards. They are produced over a dental cast. In addition, they are the highest quality and most retentive of other types of mouthguards. Clinical and laboratory procedures of fabrication comprise the following working phases: preliminary impression of maxilla and mandible in alginate, transfer of upper dental arch in the articulator and centric record, laboratory fabrication, finishing and polishing, delivery to patient, grinding and subsequent care. Despite the fact that all the necessary fitting procedures are accomplished in a few sittings and despite being expensive, custom-made mouthguards have a number of advantages over other types. They provide the best comfort during practice sessions and competitions thus offering athletes the best prevention against orofacial injuries. It is neither easy to prevent such injuries nor to make guidelines on prevention. Nevertheless, in this review an effort has been made to raise the awareness of the athletic community of the need for protective mouthguards because they have proven to be an effective means of preventing traumatic injuries of the teeth and their supporting structures.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Dentalna medicina

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