ArticleScientific reports2022
Impact behaviour of 3D printed cellular structures for mouthguard applications.
Article in Scientific reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.
- Comfort and Usability of Digital Versus Conventional Custom-Fit Mouthguards: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Dental traumatology : official publication of International Association for Dental Traumatology · 2026Trial
- Comparison of Shock Absorption Capacities of 3D-Printed Custom-Made Mouthguards: A Comparative In Vitro Study.Dental traumatology : official publication of International Association for Dental Traumatology · 2026Article
- Optimization of 3D Printing Parameters for the Production of Mouthguards.Dental traumatology : official publication of International Association for Dental Traumatology · 2026Article
- Effect of Antimicrobial Filler on Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate (EVA) Composites Property.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Physico-Mechanical Properties of 3D-Printed Filament Materials for Mouthguard Manufacturing.Polymers · 2025Article
- Impact Absorption Power of Polyolefin Fused Filament Fabrication 3D-Printed Sports Mouthguards: In Vitro Study.Dental traumatology : official publication of International Association for Dental Traumatology · 2025Article
- The production and materials of mouthguards: Conventional vs additive manufacturing - A systematic review.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Evaluation of Mechanical Properties of 3D-Printed Polymeric Materials for Possible Application in Mouthguards.Polymers · 2023Article
- Dimensions of Hybrid and Nanohybrid Mouthguards for Mixed Martial Arts Fighters-Evaluation of a New Method of Fabrication.Polymers · 2022Article
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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate (EVA) is the most popular material for manufacturing mouthguards. However, EVA mouthguards are problematic, for example inconsistent thicknesses across the mouthguard. Additive manufacturing provides a promising solution to this problem, as it can manufacture mouthguards with a greater precision. This paper compares the energy dissipation of EVA, the current material used for mouthguards, to various designs of a 3D printed material, some of which contain air cells. Impact testing was carried out at three different strain rates. The Split-Hopkinson bar was used for medium and high strain rate tests, and an Instron test rig was used for low strain rate testing. The best performing design dissipated 25% more energy than EVA in the medium and high strain rate testing respectively while the low strain rate testing was inconclusive. This research has shown that additive manufacturing provides a viable method of manufacturing mouthguards. This opens up the opportunity for embedding electronics/sensors into additive manufactured mouthguards.
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