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Properties of athletic mouth protectors and materials
1Department of Biologic and Materials Science, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1078, USA.
Journal of Oral Rehabilitation
|February 22, 2002
Abstract:
The properties of a variety of mouth protectors and sheet materials used to fabricate custom mouth protectors were determined in order to recommend limits for a specification. Hardness, water sorption, water solubility, impact absorption, and tear strength were measured, and limits for these properties were suggested.