Table 3.
BIOPLAST 3 mm mouthguard measurements: Average values of maximum amplitudes (mean of 5 measurements per mouthguard and angle) of the pivoted tooth (reflection foil) deflection obtained during measurements with energy blows from 20°–90° pendulum elongation angles.
| Pendulum Elongation Angle | Pivoted Tooth Deflection (µm) During Pendulum Strikes of 10 Mouthguard Samples (n = 10) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20° | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| 40° | 2.7 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| 60° | 31.4 | 11.4 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 11.6 | 10.3 | 12.1 | 11.8 | 9.0 | 11.9 |
| 75° | 116.3 | 103.2 | 114.5 | 115.6 | 114.4 | 119.1 | 114.1 | 117.7 | 117.3 | 116.8 |
| 90° | 57.7 | 53.7 | 60.3 | 63.1 | 53.2 | 68.6 | 87.8 | 89.0 | 71.5 | 86.9 |