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. 2024 Jul 8;10(14):e34294.
doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e34294. eCollection 2024 Jul 30.

The production and materials of mouthguards: Conventional vs additive manufacturing - A systematic review

Victor Paes Dias Gonçalves  1 , Carlos Maurício Fontes Vieira  1 , Henry Alonso Colorado Lopera  1   2
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The production and materials of mouthguards: Conventional vs additive manufacturing - A systematic review

Victor Paes Dias Gonçalves et al. Heliyon. .

Abstract

This investigation presents a critical analysis of mouthguard production, focusing on the evaluation of conventional vs additive manufacturing methods, the materials involved, and aspects such as their failure and prevention. It also summarizes the current trends, perspectives, and the main limitations. It is shown that some of the shortcomings can be solved by implementing additive manufacturing technologies, which are systematically reviewed in this research. Due to the specific materials used to produce mouthguards, there are certain additive manufacturing technologies that dominate and a wide variety of raw materials. The costs vary depending on the technology.

Keywords: Additive manufacturing; Materials; Mouthguard; Polymers; Sport.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests:Henry A Colorado reports a relationship with Elsevier that includes: board membership. If there are other authors, they declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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Mouthguard multilaminate.
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