Rugby players' satisfaction with custom-fitted mouthguards made with different materials

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 234-238

  Brionnet, Jean Marc ^a   Roger Leroi, Valérie ^a   Tubert Jeannin, Stéphanie ^a   Garson, Agnès ^a  

^a UFR d'Odontologie   (France)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Clinical trial; Materials; Mouthguard; Rugby

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID RESIN; SILASTIC;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOOTBALL; FRANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH PROTECTOR; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ACRYLIC RESINS; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOOTBALL; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTH PROTECTORS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; SPORTS EQUIPMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0035378468     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0528.2001.290310.x     Document Type: Article

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