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Use of a modified occlusal bite guard to prevent self‐induced injury in intensive care patients
Author(s) -
ROBERTS G. J.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1995.tb15098.x
Subject(s) - medicine , guard (computer science) , tongue , dentistry , poison control , medical emergency , orthodontics , pathology , computer science , programming language
Summary The use of a simple bite raiser is usually effective in preventing self‐inflicted tongue and lip trauma. In some patients with very severe uncontrolled muscular activity, this is insufficient. To overcome these problems it is necessary to use a modified bite raiser which prevents the jaws occluding. Such a modified bite raiser is described.