Easy fabrication of a new type of mouthguard incorporating a hard insert and space and offering improved shock absorption ability

Dental Traumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 489-495

  Takeda, Tomotaka ^a   Ishigami, Keiichi ^a   Mishima, Osamu ^a   Karasawa, Kensuke ^a   Kurokawa, Katsuhide ^a   Kajima, Takaki ^a   Nakajima, Kazunori ^a  

^a TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID RESIN; BIOMATERIAL; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; POLYETHYLENE POLYVINYLACETATE COPOLYMER; POLYETHYLENE-POLYVINYLACETATE COPOLYMER; POLYVINYL DERIVATIVE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAT; HUMAN; INCISOR; MAXILLA; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOUTH PROTECTOR; PREMOLAR TOOTH; SPORT INJURY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOOTH INJURY; TOOTH OCCLUSION;

ABSORPTION; ACRYLIC RESINS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BICUSPID; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; DENTAL OCCLUSION, BALANCED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INCISOR; MAXILLA; MOUTH PROTECTORS; POLYETHYLENES; POLYVINYLS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TOOTH INJURIES;

EID: 81155152423     PISSN: 16004469     EISSN: 16009657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-9657.2011.01029.x     Document Type: Article

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