Comfort And Acceptability of Different Types of Mouthguards Among 7-12 Years Old Children At Skating Rink.
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2011-04
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Participation in sports activities, besides having many beneficial effects, often increases the risk of traumatic injury to the
dental and oral tissues. The single most important device for protecting the teeth and mouth during athletic activities is the
use of an intraoral mouth guard. The intention of this study was to survey 7-12 year old children participating in skating,
mainly to evaluate the significance of utilization of mouth guard wear over a period of 8-10 weeks and also to determine the
acceptability of the three different types of mouth guards used. The results drawn from this study showed that 13% orofacial
injuries were experienced by children during skating, and irrespective of the type of mouth guard used over a period of 10
weeks, none of the skaters had experienced an oral injury and this shows a significant finding with p<0.01 (Z test for
proportions). The custom mouth guard was readily accepted by the skaters and their extent of use was also high when
compared to mouth formed and stock mouth guards with p value < 0.05, which is statistically significant.
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Mouthguards (MG), Skating, Polyvinyl acetate-poly ethylene (PVAc-PE)
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Chakravarthy B Kalyan, Balakrishna K, Reddy Subba V V. Comfort And Acceptability of Different Types of Mouthguards Among 7-12 Years Old Children At Skating Rink. Annals and Essences of Dentistry. 2011 Apr-June; 3(2): 19-23.