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. 2019 Oct 28;12(21):3535. doi: 10.3390/ma12213535

Table 4.

Air space/DURAN 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°–120° pendulum elongation angles.

Pendulum Elongation Angle Pivoted Tooth Deflection (µm) During Pendulum Strikes of 10 Mouthguard Samples (n = 10)
20° 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
40° 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
60° 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4
75° 0.6 0.6 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.5
90° 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.8 8.0 0.7 1.2 0.5 0.7
120° 6.2 2.1 1.8 1.9 2.2 2.0 1.1 2.5 0.7 0.8