Awareness and Use of Mouthguards in Athletes with a High Risk of Oral Trauma in Barcelona

S, Costa Palau

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“…20,21 The most frequently reported complaints with mouthguard use are speech and breathing problems. 12,14,[22][23][24] It is well known that athletes from different sports have fewer complaints when using custom-made mouthguards compared with either of the other mouthguard types . 8,12,14,25 The optimal mouthguard design for water polo players is not known.…”

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Satisfaction with shortening the palatal extension of a mouthguard for water polo players: A randomized crossover study

Gómez-Gimeno

Zamora‐Olave

Cordobés-Navarro

et al. 2019

Dental Traumatology

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Background/aim Approximately 50% of water polo players have suffered orofacial injuries. However, fewer than 8% of players wear a mouthguard. A more comfortable mouthguard design is therefore needed to increase compliance. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of reducing the palatal extension of a custom‐made mouthguard on the degree of satisfaction with a mouthguard among water polo players. Materials and Methods Eighteen elite water polo players participated in this randomized crossover trial. Two custom‐made mouthguards were fabricated for each participant using 4‐mm‐thick ethyl vinyl acetate foils, defined by the extension of the palatal margin from the cervical line: conventional (6 mm) and shortened (2 mm). The mouthguards were worn during all training sessions and matches, in a randomized sequence (one mouthguard type for the first and fourth weeks and the other for the second and third weeks). Mouthguards were evaluated on 10‐point scales for discomfort, interference with oral functions, protection, and general satisfaction after each training session or match. Results Players evaluated the shortened mouthguard as having less interference with speech (Effect 1.30; P < 0.001), breathing (Effect 0.98; P = 0.004), swallowing (Effect 1.30; P < 0.001), and athletic performance (Effect 0.61; P = 0.03) compared with the conventional mouthguard. The perceived degree of protection was similar among participants when wearing each type of mouthguard. Overall, players were more satisfied with the shortened mouthguard (Effect 0.64; P = 0.03). Conclusions Reducing the palatal extension of a custom‐made mouthguard from 6 to 2 mm improves the overall satisfaction of elite water polo players without affecting the perceived degree of protection.

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Satisfaction with shortening the palatal extension of a mouthguard for water polo players: A randomized crossover study

Gómez-Gimeno

Zamora‐Olave

Cordobés-Navarro

et al. 2019

Dental Traumatology

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“…Therefore in general the customized multilayered mouthguard would be more preferable as it offers a greater margin of safety when it comes to protecting orofacial soft tissues. 44…”

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Comprehensive comparison of protective effect of customized multi-layered versus boil-and-bite mouth guard on orofacial tissues: A finite element analysis framework

Darvizeh

Tecco

Golbaf

et al. 2023

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C:

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This paper aims to numerically investigate the protective efficiency of multilayered and boil-and-bite mouthguards on orofacial hard and soft tissues subjected to impact loadings. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first attempt which studies the protective efficacy of mouthguards on orofacial injuries including both hard and soft tissues such as articular disks, stylomandibular and sphenomandibular ligaments, that are commonly neglected in clinical and numerical studies. To address this issue, a finite element based numerical framework has been proposed using the Abaqus finite element software. This study considers three different situations of the craniofacial structure, without any mouthguard, with the customized multilayered mouthguard and with a boil-and-bite mouthguard. The protective effectiveness of mouthguards is numerically evaluated based on pressure and displacement distributions on the orofacial hard and soft tissues under two different actual impact loadings. In all cases the results revealed that the customized multilayered mouthguard can more effectively reduce the stress concentration on orofacial hard and soft tissues which is the key factor to evaluate the protective efficiency of different types of mouthguard. As an example, a comparison between the protective efficiency of multilayered and boil-and-bite mouthguards reveals that under uppercut punch impact loading, the multilayered mouthguard performs 18.45% and 21.32% more effective respectively for upper and lower teeth and stylomandibular ligament. Furthermore, the simulation results for stylomandibular ligament and articular disk enable us to conclude that wearing a customized multilayered mouthguard cannot be replaced by a boil-and-bite mouthguard, since it causes more harm in comparison to the unprotected case.

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“…Les facteurs essentiels dans la prise de décision d'utiliser une PIB [10,[52][53][54][55] sont : − la perception de l'utilité de la PIB ; − le confort d'utilisation de la PIB ; − la perception de pratiquer une activité à risque. Une étude a montré que le taux de port de PIB chez des hooligans suisses est supérieur à celui des sportifs pratiquant leur activité sportive car les hooligans sont conscients du risque de survenue de lésions oro-faciales au cours des bagarres [56] ; − les antécédents de lésions oro-faciales d'origine traumatique [44,57]. L'étude menée chez les hooligans suisses a montré que le taux élevé de port de PIB était lié au fait que 86,3 % d'entre eux ont déjà subi une lésion oro-faciale au cours d'une bagarre [56].…”

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“…La méconnaissance des professionnels de santé et des patients en matière de prévention des traumatismes buccodentaires est déterminante dans le faible taux de port de PIB chez les sportifs. C'est ce que confirment de nombreuses études [53][54][55][56][57][58]. Selon Sepet et al, 55,4 % des sportifs ne savent pas ce qu'est un protège-dents [58] et ils sont près de 80 % selon Palau et al [56].…”

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“…Une formation à la traumatologie oro-faciale inhérente à la pratique des activités physiques militaires et sportives au sein des armées doit être intégrée dans le cursus de formation des médecins et des chirurgiens-dentistes militaires. Cette formation doit inclure une présentation des PIB et des bénéfices liés à leur port [9][10][11][53][54][55][56][57][58] ; − d'une sensibilisation de la hiérarchie militaire qui doit relayer les recommandations en matière de port de PIB [9][10][11] ; − d'une surveillance de l'application des recommandations avec la vérification du port effectif des PIB pour les activités au cours desquelles le port d'une PIB serait recommandé voire obligatoire [14]. Une telle surveillance existe déjà au sein des armées françaises pour le port des protections intra-auriculaires (bouchons anti-bruits) lors des séances de tir ; − d'une surveillance médicale spécifique de la survenue de lésions oro-faciales [15,29,58].…”

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Intérêts des protège-dents pour la prévention des lésions oro-faciales lors des activités physiques militaires et sportives au sein des armées

Gunepin

Derache

Risso

et al. 2016

Med Buccale Chir Buccale

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Résumé -Introduction :Au sein des armées, la survenue de lésions oro-faciales au cours des activités physiques militaires et sportives peut avoir un impact délétère sur la capacité opérationnelle des forces. Alors que les protège-dents, appelés également protections intra-buccales (PIB), sont utilisés dans le civil pour diminuer l'incidence et la gravité des lésions oro-faciales d'origine traumatique, aucune recommandation de port de PIB n'existe actuellement au sein de l'armée française. Revue de littérature : Une revue de la littérature en matière de port de PIB pour la prévention des lésions oro-faciales permet de définir des recommandations au profit de la population militaire française : réalisation à titre gracieux, au cours de la visite médicale d'incorporation, d'une PIB adaptable pour tous les militaires, en priorité ceux appartenant à une unité combattante. Conclusion : Le port d'une PIB par les militaires doit être recommandé ou obligatoire au cours de certaines activités sportives (conformément aux recommandations civiles) et obligatoire pour certaines activités militaires (parcours d'obstacles et combat au corps à corps), notamment au cours de la formation militaire initiale. Ces recommandations doivent s'inscrire dans une stratégie globale de prévention des lésions oro-faciales comprenant une éducation des militaires et une formation des professionnels de santé. Abstract -Advantages of mouthguards for preventing orofacial lesions related to military and sport activities. Introduction:In the army, the occurrence of orofacial lesions related to military and sport activities can have a deleterious impact on the operational capability of soldiers and their units. While mouthguards, also called Intrabuccal Guards ( IBGs), are used in a civilian context to decrease the incidence and severity of orofacial lesions of traumatic origin, there is, at the moment, no recommendation for IBG use in the French army. Literature review: A review of the literature with regard to the use of IBGs for preventing the occurrence of orofacial lesions during military and sport activities allows us to elaborate recommendations for the French forces: a free-of-charge adaptable IBG for all soldiers, and in particular for soldiers aged less than 25 years old belonging to a combat unit. Conclusion: The use of IBGs by soldiers needs to be recommended or mandatory for some sport activities (according to civilian recommendations) and mandatory for some military activities (obstacle course and unarmed combat), especially during the basic military training. To be efficient, these recommendations should be included in a global strategy of prevention of orofacial lesions of traumatic origin in the army with the education of soldiers and health professionals (physicians and dentists).

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Awareness and Use of Mouthguards in Athletes with a High Risk of Oral Trauma in Barcelona

Abstract: Background: Dental injuries are the most common sports-related orofacial injury type. Most such injuries may be prevented through the use of a protective mouthguard.

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References 18 publications

Satisfaction with shortening the palatal extension of a mouthguard for water polo players: A randomized crossover study

Satisfaction with shortening the palatal extension of a mouthguard for water polo players: A randomized crossover study

Comprehensive comparison of protective effect of customized multi-layered versus boil-and-bite mouth guard on orofacial tissues: A finite element analysis framework

Intérêts des protège-dents pour la prévention des lésions oro-faciales lors des activités physiques militaires et sportives au sein des armées

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