Fabricating a Mouthguard

Eurodontic’s extensive range of Scheu-Dental mouthguard blanks and accessories combine to create strong, protective shields, which are ideally suited to both amateur and professional sportspeople. Different colours and patterns can be combined to create fun, personalised sports mouthguards that will appeal to the younger sportsperson.

The second instalment in our series of Tech Tune ups demonstrates how to use Scheu-Dental products to make a reinforced mouthguard.

Deciding what type of mouthguard to make

Mouthguards tend to fall into 3 categories:

  1. Single layer mouthguards of 3.0mm+ – suitable for smaller children and offering general protection for recreational sports. Available in BIOPLAST® single colour or multicolour blanks.
  2. Reinforced Bioplast® XTREME mouthguards or Multi-layered mouthguards for contact sports. Use BIOPLAST® single colour or multicolour blanks 3.0mm or more, with an additional layer of Bioplast Clear 1.0mm-5.0mm 5.0mm. or Bioplast®Xtreme 4.0mm or 5.0mm
  3. BIOPLAST® XTREME PRO (4.0mm – 5.0mm) – ideal for professional contact sports with expected concentrated hard hits. Layer with DURAN® 0.75mm and BIOPLAST® CLEAR 1.0mm-5.0mm

Designed to work with a SCHEU-DENTAL machine, these blanks will work equally well with any machine that will take a 125mm diameter blank. You can adapt them to suit your patients’ needs and layer them to create different thicknesses.

The following how-to guide relates to the fabrication of a BIOPLAST® EXTREME PRO.

Step 1 – preparing the model

Step 2 – insulating

Step 3 – fabricating a protective insert

Step 4 – shaping the layers and insert

Step 5 – laminating the final layer

Step 6 – creating indentations from the antagonist model

Step 7 – finishing

HINTS AND TIPS

RECOMMENDED PRODUCTS

BIOPLAST®

Soft, pliable, rubber-like, transparent material. Does not bond to acrylic.

BIOPLAST® COLOUR

Soft, pliable material, ideal for fabricating colourful mouthguards and positioners. Does not bond to acrylic.

BIOPLAST® XTREME

Ideal for creating strong, reinforced mouth guards. The hard, V-shaped layer provides additional protection in the anterior region.

BIOPLAST® MULTICOLOUR

Soft, pliable material, perfect for making fun, multi-coloured mouthguards and positioners. Does not bond to acrylic.

BIOPLAST® INSULATING AGENT

Insulation for plaster models when using BIOPLAST® materials for fabricating positioners and mouthguards. Provides absolute transparency and smooth inner surfaces.

DURAN®

Hard-elastic transparent material, bonds to acrylic. No pre-drying required.

BIOPERM TRIMMER

For trimming of soft-elastic and compound material. Pkt of 2.

STAINLESS STEEL PELLETS

For embedding models in pressure moulding machines. Thanks to the highly polished finish and cylindrical shape, the models are securely positioned.

OSAMU POLISHER

For finishing and polishing of soft-elastic and compound material.

DIMO®PRO

Trimming wheel made of special elastomer with fine, fibrous structure. Extremely long working time, with mandrel.

LARGE FOIL SCISSORS

Robust and durable scissors for cutting splints or inserting cuts into splints after pressurising.

SMALL FOIL SCISSORS

These scissors are made from a high quality autoclavable stainless steel alloy. For better handling, scissors are curved laterally and micro serration prevents slipping.

HEATING SUPPORT

Can be attached directly to the heater when fabricating positioners and mouthguards, providing the optimum distance between model and heater when heating the occlusal surfaces, and for compound of the upper and lower splint.

HM TRICUTTER

Fine, triangular bur for interdental finishing.

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