A comparative study to determine the shock absorption ability of two popular mouth guards available on the South African market

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2017
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Mohamed, Nadia
Grobler, Sias Renier
Basson, N. J.
Osman, Yusuf Ismail
Mulder, Riaan
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It is expected that most mouth guards will provide some level of protection to teeth. In this study a device was developed to measure the relative impact absorption of two different mouth guards (Proform, Type III vacuum-formed and Max, Type IV pressure laminate). Seven of each of the two types of mouth guards were made and each batch was exposed to between six and 10 impact trials.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10566/2719
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