Mouth Protection Program

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Mouth Protection Program
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A mouthguard could have saved these teeth.
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Mouthguards

• Military population is highly athletic.
• American Academy for Sports Dentistry recommends
  mouthguards for 40 sports - including skydiving.
• During any sports season, athletes have 10
  chance of sustaining an injury to the face or
  mouth.

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Academy for Sports Dentistry endorses mouthguard
use for the following sports

• acrobatics
• baseball
• basketball
• boxing
• cycling
• discus
• equestrian sports
• field hockey
• football
• gymnastics
• handball

• ice hockey
• judo
• karate
• lacrosse
• motorcross
• martial arts
• parachuting
• rugby
• racquetball
• skiing
• soccer

• squash
• surfing
• skate boarding
• shot putt
• skydiving
• trampoline
• tennis
• volleyball
• wrestling
• weight lifting
• water polo

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Mouthguard Program

• Promote awareness and use of mouthguards

• Educate / Fabricate / Motivate

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Oral-Facial Injuries for Trainees

• Confidence Course

• Bayonet Range

• Pugil
• StickTraining

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The Battle
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Set up Microwave and crock pots
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Briefing line
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Trainee inserts warm mouthguard and picks up
dental record
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Bagging mouthguard in Pano line
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Mouthguard check
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Pugil stick training
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Background

• Mouthguards are not unit issue they are issued
  from Reception Station Dental Clinic
• Soldiers do not participate in specified training
  without mouth protection

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West Point Cadets
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18 y/o female with tooth fracture from bayonet
training (Feb 01).
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18 y/o female with tooth fracture from bayonet
training restored.
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19 y/o female with nonrestorable root fracture
-- tooth extracted (Jan 01).
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Root Fracture Number 7
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M16 injury caused loss of tooth -- unable to
locate.
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Tooth fracture from M16 training (NOV 00).
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M16 injury nonrestorable tooth fracture.
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19 y/o male with injury X 1 month from striking
a log on confidence course (Jan 01).
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19 y/o with provisional restorations of
confidence course injury .
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Financial Impact (Fort Leonard Wood)
The program cost per individual. 1.10 The
return on investment measured in dollars (i.e.,
total savings in provider visits avoided or
projected savings for an early injury prevention
intervention). 204,000
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Recommendations

• Require trainees to wear mouthguards during the
  following training events
• Pugil Stick
• Bayonet
• Confidence Course

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Recommendations

• Highly recommend use of mouthguards during the
  following sports events
• Football
• Soccer
• Basketball
• Rugby

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MOUTHGUARDS USE THEM
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OR LOSE THEM