Ivan Onone Gialain, Reinaldo Brito e Dias, Bruno Costa, Neide Pena Coto
Context
- Over the last decades, several articles have corroborated the need of using mouthguards in sports activities, manufactured with ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) as their main material.
- There are different mouthguards techniques used by dentists worldwide to prevent injuries. A technique has been developed to help athletes, especially the partially edentulous patients, who were not getting the proper protection.
- The mouthguard technique consists in making EVA fillings to improve the adjustment and esthetics of mouthguard used by athletes.
- It is the authors’ conviction that the technique may prevent injuries in sports activities without impairing the athletes safety and esthetics.
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This is a good technique and important issue. For those that have an interest in Sports and Sports as it relates to Dentistry should definitely check out The Academy for Sports Dentistry. We are an international organization all about Sports Dentistry. Should you consider a membership in our organization, this excellent publication is included!
Well worth being a member in itself, not to mention the association with like minded individuals working to protect the oral health of our athletes.
http://www.academyforsportsdentistry.org/