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1. Badel T, Jerolimov V, Pandurić J, Perenčević K. Role and Fabrication Method of Custom-made Mouthguards for the Prevention of Athletic Injuries. Acta Stomatol Croat. 2004;38(2):197-207.
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   Title in English:	Role and Fabrication Method of Custom-made Mouthguards for the Prevention of Athletic Injuries
   Title in Croatian:	Uloga i način izradbe individualnog štitnika za zube u prevenciji športskih ozljeda
   Type of Article:	professional paper
   MeSH:	TOOTH INJURIES ATHLETIC INJURIES SPORTS MEDICINE
   Abstract:	Orofacial injuries are athletic injuries which are specific according to place and way of occurence. Sports dentistry is a dental discipline associated with the prevention and treatment of the consequences of orofacial injuries during sport activities. Orofacial, and particularly dental athletic injuries, differentiate according to way of occurence from other dental injuries and can be easily prevented. By using an adequate mouthguard a number of dental and periodontal injuries can be considerably reduced. There are different intraoral mouthguards: stock, mouth-formed and custom-made mouthguards. Even though with the stock and mouthformed mouthguards a visit to the dentist is avoided, only custom-made mouthguards offer maximum prevention from orofacial injuries. By its construction and technological features it is the most comfortable for athletes during training and competition. Preconditions for wearing mouthguards are good oral prophylaxis and restoration of all teeth (without caries and periodontopathy). The motherguard is commonly fabricated on the upper dental arch. Mouthguards are manufactured from materials that should satisfy numerous physical, mechanical, biological and functional requirement. Fabrication method of a mouthguard by means of vacuum lamination is presented. The role of the mouthguard is to prevent laceration of the tongue, lips and cheeks by the sharp edges of anterior maxillary teeth, to reduce the risk of injuries to the anterior teeth, to reduce the risk of mandibular or maxillary fractures as well as damage to the posterior teeth and temporomandibular joints, after blows to the interior aspect of the mandible. Athletes should be informed of the possibilities of prevention of their oral health as well as of the existence of slight difficulties which are inevitable during wear of a mouthguard.

2. Badel T, Jerolimov V, Pandurić J, Perenčević K. Individual Mouthguard in Prevention of Sports Trauma. Acta Stomatol Croat. 2003;37(3):305.
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   Title in English:	Individual Mouthguard in Prevention of Sports Trauma
   Title in Croatian:	Individualni štitnik u prevenciji športskih ozljeda
   Type of Article:	congress abstract
   MeSH:	TOOTH INJURIES ATHLETIC INJURIES SPORTS MEDICINE
   Abstract:	Trauma of teeth and soft tissues of the orofacial system are today one of the major health problems. According to the aetiology of dental trauma a separate group are sports traumas which are characteristic for many sports. The protective role of the mouthguard in the preventionof laceration of tongue, lips and cheeks caused by sharp incisal edges, in most cases of anterior superior teeth, decreases possibility of mandibular and maxillary fracture as well as injuries to posterior teeth and temporomandibular joints as a result of a blow in the lower mandibular margin. The fabrication procedure of individual sports mouthguard by modelling technique on plaster casts by vaccuum forming (Erkoform®, Erkodent) is presented. Individual mouthguard is most frequently fabricated on superior dental arch, and the preconditions for wearing the mouthguard are good oral prophylaxis and completely cured teeth. Clinical and laboratory procedures of fabrication comprise the following working phases: preliminary impression of maxilla and mandibule in alginate, transfer of upper dental arch in articulator and centric record, laboratory fabrication, finishing and polishing, delivery to patient, grinding and subsequent care. Individual mouthguard offers most in the prophylaxis of orofacial traumas, and with its construction and tecnological characteristics is the most pleasant for athletes during training and competition.