Garon M W, Merkle A, Wright J T
J Am Dent Assoc. 1986 May;112(5):663-5. doi: 10.14219/jada.archive.1986.0063.
A total of 754 junior high school and high school football players from the Birmingham, AL, area were studied to determine the extent of sports-related oral trauma among players. More than half the oral injuries and more than a third of the concussions were reported in sports other than football. Basketball and baseball players had a high prevalence of hard tissue oral trauma with virtually none of the players wearing mouth protectors. The results of this study indicate that current mouth protector designs are helpful in preventing hard tissue trauma, yet additional soft tissue protection is indicated in football mouth protector design.
对来自阿拉巴马州伯明翰地区的754名初中和高中足球运动员进行了研究，以确定运动员中与运动相关的口腔创伤程度。超过一半的口腔损伤和超过三分之一的脑震荡发生在足球以外的运动项目中。篮球和棒球运动员硬组织口腔创伤的患病率很高，几乎没有运动员佩戴护齿。这项研究结果表明，目前的护齿设计有助于预防硬组织创伤，但足球护齿设计还需要增加对软组织的保护。
