Surface deterioration and poor handling of sports mouthguards for young football players promote bacterial attachment and colonisation requiring mechanical cleaning

Children's sports mouthguards require regular mechanical cleaning and hygienic storage to prevent microbial accumulation and reduce oral health risks.

Authors

Vito M. Butardo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3418-2140)
Hüseyin Sümer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9413-5579)
Raghu Nandan Badari
Bita Zaferanloo

Institutions

Swinburne University of Technology (AU)

Publication Details

Journal: BMC Oral Health
Published: 2025-11-04
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12903-025-07016-9
Primary Topic: Dental Trauma and Treatments
Type: article
Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 0.00

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Surface deterioration and poor handling of sports mouthguards for young football players promote bacterial attachment and colonisation requiring mechanical cleaning

Vito M. Butardo, Hüseyin Sümer, Raghu Nandan Badari, Bita Zaferanloo

Nov 4, 2025

BMC Oral Health

Dental Trauma and Treatments

article

Surface deterioration and poor handling of sports mouthguards for young football players promote bacterial attachment and colonisation requiring mechanical cleaning

Vito M. Butardo, Hüseyin Sümer, Raghu Nandan Badari, Bita Zaferanloo

November 4, 2025article en

Abstract

Children's sports mouthguards require regular mechanical cleaning and hygienic storage to prevent microbial accumulation and reduce oral health risks.

BMC Oral HealthVol. 25(1)

Swinburne University of Technology (AU)

Openalex Percentile: Top 51%

Dental Trauma and Treatments

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Surface deterioration and poor handling of sports mouthguards for young football players promote bacterial attachment and colonisation requiring mechanical cleaning — Vito M. Butardo, Hüseyin Sümer, et al. · BMC Oral Health (2025) | TGRS Research Map | TGRS