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Mouthguard
- Efficacy
- Decreases Concussion risk if mandibular trauma
- Prevents oral and dental injury
- Indications: Any contact sport
- Football
- Hockey
- Karate
Mouth Protectors (C0026642) | |
|---|---|
| Definition (MSH) | Devices or pieces of equipment placed in or around the mouth or attached to instruments to protect the external or internal tissues of the mouth and the teeth. |
| Concepts | Medical Device (T074) |
| MSH | D009064 |
| English | BG - Bite guard, Bite guard, Gum shield, MG - Mouth guard, Mouth Guard, Mouth Guards, Mouth Protector, Mouth Protectors, MOUTHGUARD, Protective Mouth Piece, Protective Mouth Pieces, Protective Mouthpiece, Protective Mouthpieces, Sports mouth guard |
| Spanish | protectores bucales de uso deportivo |
| Parent Concepts | Preventive Dentistry (C0033108), Protective Devices (C0033612), Interocclusal appliance (C0441340) |
| Sources | LCH, MSH, SCTSPA, SNOMEDCT, SPN Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) |
