Position Statement and Recommendations for Custom-Made Sport Mouthguards.

Sports-related traumatic dental injuries (TDIs) are a significant global concern, particularly in contact sports, where the risk of orofacial injuries is high. Custom-made sports mouthguards (CSMs) are recognized as the most effective means of preventing these injuries, providing both protection and comfort without impairing athletic performance. Despite their proven benefits, there is no globally standardized approach to mouthguard design, fabrication, or usage, primarily due to varying regulations, awareness levels, and cultural attitudes toward sports safety across different countries.

Customizing implant emergence profile and provisional prostheses. Combination of the digital and the analog protocol. A Case Report.

The emergence profile in implant restoration has an important contribution to the final esthetic result. Moreover, a properly shaped emergence profile enables well-performed dental hygiene and protects the implant-restoration complex from peri-implant infections. This report describes a clinical case that combines digital workflow and designing with a custom implant healing abutment system (Cervico).

A fully digital approach to replacing an obturator prosthesis using a 3D printed closed hollow bulb: Α dental technique.

The replacement of an obturator prosthesis using conventional methods has multiple issues. Standard tessellation language files generated from the superimposition of an accurate intraoral scanning of the maxillary defect and direct data acquisition of the existing hollow bulb obturator can facilitate the precise design of the prosthesis, requiring only minor adjustments. Rapid prototyping manufacturing techniques seem to ensure precise control of the integrity of the prosthetic component completion.

In vitro comparison of accuracy between conventional and digital impression using elastomeric materials and two intra-oral scanning devices.

Aim: The aim of this study was to compare the accuracy of full-arch conventional implant impressions using two different materials (A-silicone and polyether) to full-arch digital implant impressions produced from two intraoral scanning devices.

Materials And Methods: A master model was fabricated representing an edentulous mandible with four implants with internal connection placed at the sites of canines and first molars. The anterior implants were parallel to the residual ridge, while the two posterior implants had an angulation of 15° to the distal and 15° to the lingual respectively.

Flexural properties and fatigue limit of 3D-printed and milled resin-based materials.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the flexural strength (FS), flexural modulus (FM), and fatigue limit (FL) of 3D-printed resin-based polymers and composites and compare them to 3D-printed composites.

Materials And Methods: A bar-shaped specimen (25 × 2 × 2 mm) was CAD designed according to ISO 4049:2019, and 60 duplicates of the 3D model were nested at a 45-degree angle with the printing platform and 3D-printed with three materials: denture teeth resin (Denture Teeth, Formlabs), temporary crown and bridge resin (Temporary CB, Formlabs), and composite (Flexcera Smile Ultra+, Desktop Health). The 3D model was also imported into a dental CAM software, duplicated 60 times, nested, and milled from a 3D-milled composite puck (Ivotion Denture Teeth, Ivoclar).