Thickness change and deformation of custom-made mouthguards after two years of use by Bangladeshi field hockey players.
Kairi HayashiRuman Uddin ChowdhuryNafees Uddin ChowdhuryAbhishekhi ShresthaIshan PradhanSharika ShahrinYukako ToyoshimaGen TanabeYuriko YoshidaKaito TogawaHiroshi ChureiToshiaki UenoPublished in: Dental traumatology : official publication of International Association for Dental Traumatology (2021)
Mouthguards should be changed on a regular basis to minimize thickness reduction and deformation. Occlusal and incisal thickness and length of the buccal-posterior area and the palatal-posterior area are factors to be considered in establishing guidelines regarding the timing of mouthguard change.