Ntovas Panagiotis, Ladia Ourania, Kois John C, Rahiotis Christos, Revilla-León Marta
Scientific Associate, Department of Prosthodontics, School of Dental Medicine, Tufts University, Boston, Mass.
Private practice, Athens, Greece.
J Prosthet Dent. 2024 Aug 21. doi: 10.1016/j.prosdent.2024.07.021.
Custom sports mouthguards are used in various sports to protect teeth, temporomandibular joints, and soft tissues from impact forces. The present article demonstrates a digital workflow to fabricate a 3-dimensionally (3D) printed individualized sports mouthguard. An optical jaw tracking system is used to record a repeatable reference position, and mandibular excursive movements to achieve a completely balanced occlusion. The technique simplifies the fabrication of a custom-fit mouthguard over the conventional approach by providing increased thickness accuracy, control of design, and integration of jaw motion.
定制运动护齿器用于各种运动中，以保护牙齿、颞下颌关节和软组织免受冲击力。本文展示了一种数字工作流程，用于制造三维（3D）打印的个性化运动护齿器。使用光学颌骨跟踪系统记录可重复的参考位置以及下颌的偏移运动，以实现完全平衡的咬合。该技术通过提高厚度精度、控制设计以及整合颌骨运动，简化了定制贴合护齿器的制造过程，相较于传统方法更具优势。
