Citation

Halstead PD. Compend. Contin. Educ. Dent. 2009; 30(Spec No 2): 18-20.

Affiliation

Sports Biomechanics Impact Research Lab, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, AEGIS Communications)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

19774775

Abstract

Intraoral appliances (mouthguards) have long been used and mandated for several sports, with good results on the reduction of dentition injury. Recently claims have arisen that mouthguards prevent brain injury. This article reviews the data on such claims, the basic science that has been conducted, and how an intraoral appliance may in the future become part of an engineered system to reduce transfer of energy from impacts to specific locations on the head, in an effort to mitigate some types of mild traumatic brain injury.

Language: en