Evaluation of Individualized Mouthguards made of different materials and the Effect on the Preference and Wearability of athletes
- Conditions
- Dental injuries.
- Registration Number
- RBR-9kkmchk
- Lead Sponsor
- Faculdade de Odontologia da Universidade Federal de Goiás
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
To be a high-performance football athlete; To have a training routine of at least 5 days a week with a daily workload of 4 hours; To present good oral health, without the need for treatments; To have a minimum age of 16 years and be in permanent dentition with all teeth present (except third molars, which will be considered an exception in this criterion)
Not being under orthodontic treatment; Have missing teeth; Have a history of using mouthguards; Show inability to attend the 4 (four) meetings with the research team (for molding, delivery of individualized mouthguards and evaluations); Having difficulties using mouth guards in the stipulated period due to the competition calendar; Present subjective factors that make the use of mouthguards unfeasible
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To evaluate and compare the level of comfort during the use of individualized mouthguards made by three different brands of Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate (EVA), measured using a visual analogue scale filled in by the participant to measure 9 (nine) domains: comfort, volume, stability, hardness, breathing, speech, dry mouth sensation, retching and biting habit. Data will be collected after 5 (five) weeks of using each of the three mouthguards.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method