Shock absorption ability of laminate mouth guards in two different malocclusions using fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensor

Dental Traumatology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 218-225

  Bhalla, Ashish ^a   Grewal, Navneet ^b   Tiwari, Umesh ^c   Mishra, Vandana ^c   Mehla, Nahar Singh ^c   Raviprakash, Suryanarain ^d   Kapur, Pawan ^c  

^a Genesis Institute of Dental Sciences and Research   (India)

^b Punjab Government Dental College and Hospital   (India)

^c NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^d Pyrodynamics   (India)

Author keywords

Contact sports; Fiber Bragg grating; Impact absorption; Malocclusion; Mouthguard

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL PROCEDURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INCISOR; INJURY; MALOCCLUSION; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOUTH PROTECTOR; TOOTH INJURY;

ABSORPTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; DENTAL MODELS; DENTAL STRESS ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INCISOR; MALOCCLUSION; MOUTH PROTECTORS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TOOTH INJURIES;

EID: 84877894076     PISSN: 16004469     EISSN: 16009657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-9657.2012.01159.x     Document Type: Article

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