Does a free-of-charge distribution of boil-and-bite mouthguards to young adult amateur sportsmen affect oral and facial trauma?

Dental Traumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-72

  Zadik, Yehuda ^a   Levin, Liran ^b,c  

^a Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURY; MOUTH PROTECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLDIER; SPORT INJURY; TOOTH INJURY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURIES; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MOUTH PROTECTORS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPORTS EQUIPMENT; TOOTH INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58549091645     PISSN: 16004469     EISSN: 16009657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-9657.2008.00708.x     Document Type: Article

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