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Background/Aims
Professional and amateur athletes might have veneer restorations. The aim of this study was to investigate the protective effect of mouthguards on veneered anterior restorations.
Methods
A nonlinear dynamic analysis was performed to simulate conditions during an impact with or without a custom‐made mouthguard. Using a computer‐aided design (CAD) software, a slice of a human maxilla...
Background
Little is known about the effect of the type of splint material, heat‐cured PMMA (HC) or chemical‐cured PMMA (CC) on the wear of opposing tooth surfaces.
Objective
The aim of this in vitro study was to evaluate two‐body wear of dentin, enamel, glass‐ceramic or one of four resin composites when opposing splint materials, namely ProBase HC and CC.
Methods
The two‐body wear of bovine...