Fabrication technique of obturator-type sports mouthguard for a patient who had undergone maxillectomy and its speech intelligibility assessment:A case report
| Autor: | Hiroshi Churei, Hisashi Matsubara, Abhishekhi Shrestha, Takafumi Otomaru, Toshiaki Ueno, Ruman Uddin Chowdhury, Kairi Hayashi, Tatsu Suzuki, Nafees Uddin Chowdhry, Yuka I. Sumita |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Basketball business.product_category Oral appliance 0206 medical engineering Football American football Personal Satisfaction 02 engineering and technology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Swallowing Humans Medicine Dentistry (miscellaneous) Mouthguard Dental injury business.industry Speech Intelligibility 030206 dentistry 020601 biomedical engineering Physical therapy Mouth Protectors Oral Surgery business human activities |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Prosthodontic Research. |
| ISSN: | 1883-9207 1883-1958 |
| DOI: | 10.2186/jpr.jpor_2019_573 |
| Popis: | Purpose Wearing a sports mouthguard is not only recommended in collision sports, such as American football, boxing, and rugby football, but also in low-contact sports, such as basketball, handball, and soccer. It is recommended to remove oral prosthetic devices while playing sports to avoid the risk of fracturing the device. However, players with maxillectomy must wear obturator-type prosthetic devices for speech, breathing, and deglutition even while playing sports. Therefore, there is a need for an oral appliance to prevent dental injury while playing sports without the risk of fracturing the device for players who have undergone maxillectomy.In this case, we fabricated and proposed overlay-type and obturator-type customized sports mouthguards for a patient who had undergone maxillectomy and assessments of satisfaction, speech intelligibility, nasopharyngeal closure function, and swallowing function while playing soccer. Results The patient was only satisfied with the obturator-type mouthguard, and the results of the speech intelligibility, nasopharyngeal closure function, and swallowing tests using the obturator-type mouthguard showed no differences compared to those associated with the previously used prosthetic device. Conclusions This case may help highlight the importance of providing obturator-type mouthguards for players who have undergone maxillectomy to prevent dental injury and physical and mental discomfort. |
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