3D Printed customized sports mouthguard

Ryu,  Jae Jun; Lee,  Soo Young

J Korean Dent Assoc > Volume 58(11); 2020 > Article

The Journal of The Korean Dental Association 2020;58(11):700-712.
Published online November 30, 2020.

3D 프린터로 제작하는 마우스가드

류재준¹, 이수영²

^¹고려대학교 의과대학 치과학교실
^²고려대학교 의과대학 치과학교실

3D Printed customized sports mouthguard

Jae Jun Ryu¹, Soo Young Lee²

¹Department of Dentistry, Korea University College of Medicine
²Department of Dentistry, Korea University College of Medicine

Abstract

The conventional mouthguard fabrication process consists of elastomeric impression taking and followed gypsum model making is now into intraoral scanning and direct mouthguard 3D printing with an additive manufacturing process. Also, dental professionals can get various diagnostic data collection such as facial scans, cone-beam CT, jaw motion tracking, and intraoral scan data to superimpose them for making virtual patient datasets. To print mouthguards, dental CAD software allows dental professionals to design mouthguards with ease. This article shows how to make 3D printed mouthguard step by step.

Key Words: Mouthguard;Sports Dentistry;3D Printing;