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Abstract
A simulated upper jaw, made from a rubber arch containing replaceable ceramic teeth and a renewable composite jawbone, offers promise in assessing the performance of custom made mouthguard designs. Impact tests, involving precise assessment of jaw and tooth fractures caused by projectiles of various energies and profiles, simulate conditions that approximate to common clinical observation. Such conditions offer the most sensitive indices for assessing both improved mouthguard designs and product quality and reliability. Damage caused by the dissipation of the impact energy may be transferred within this simulated oral cavity by minor changes to the impact conditions.Entities:
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Year: 1997 PMID: 9132208 PMCID: PMC1332470 DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.31.1.31
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Sports Med ISSN: 0306-3674 Impact factor: 13.800