ArticlePolymers2023
Evaluation of Mechanical Properties of 3D-Printed Polymeric Materials for Possible Application in Mouthguards.
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12 citing papers in PubMed.
- 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
- Biomechanical Analysis of 3D Printed and Thermoformed EVA Custom-Made Mouthguard: Experimental and Finite Element Analyses.Dental traumatology : official publication of International Association for Dental Traumatology · 2026Article
- Mechanics and Failure Mechanisms of Rigid-Flexible 3D-Printed FRP Miura-Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- 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
- Design of Customized Mouthguards with Superior Protection Using Digital-Based Technologies and Impact Tests.Sports medicine - open · 2024Article
- Development status of mouthguard.Frontiers in dental medicine · 2024Review
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- Effect of 3D Printing Process Parameters and Heat Treatment Conditions on the Mechanical Properties and Microstructure of PEEK Parts.Polymers · 2023Article
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Abstract
Custom mouthguards are used in various sports disciplines as a protection for teeth, temporomandibular joints, and soft tissues of the oral cavity from impact forces. The purpose of this research was to evaluate the mechanical properties of flexible polymeric 3D-printable materials and to select a material with the most favourable physical properties for making intraoral protectors. Four 3D-printable polymeric materials were selected for the evaluation: IMPRIMO LC IBT (Scheu-Dental, Iserlohn, Germany), Keyortho IBT (EnvisionTEC, Gladbeck, Germany), IBT (Formlabs, Somerville, MA, USA), and Ortho IBT (NextDent, Utrecht, Netherlands). A total of 176 samples (44 from each material) was 3D-printed using the stereolitography (SLA) technique. Tensile strength, flexural strength, notch-toughness, Shore hardness, sorption, and solubility tests were conducted. The materials were compared using a series of analyses of variance (one-way ANOVA) with Bonferroni post hoc tests. Statistical analyses were performed with the use of IBM SPSS Statistics 28.0.0 software (IBM, New York, NY, USA). Each material was assigned a score from 1 to 4 depending on the individual test results, and tests were given indexes according to the significance of the parameter in the mouthguard protective function. The number of points obtained by each material in each test was then multiplied by the test index, and the results were tabulated. The material with the highest result among the ones studied-most suitable for the application in mouthguard fabrication-was Keyortho IBT from EnvisionTEC.
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