Table 2 Participants’ answers to the questionnaire on attitude of the mouthguards

Previous history of trauma

Yes

107 (28.8%)

30(18.8%)

137 (25.8%)

0.037*

33 (23.7%)

68 (24.1%)

16 (25%)

20 (42.6%)

137 (25.8%)

0.093

67 (21.9%)

26 (31%)

44 (31%)

137 (25.8%)

0.104

No

252 (67.7%)

121 (75.6%)

373 (70.1%)

100 (71.9%)

199 (70.6%)

47 (73.4%)

27 (57.4%)

373 (70.1%)

225 (73.5%)

53 (63.1%)

95 (66.9%)

373 (70.1%)

Don’t know

13 (3.5%)

9 (5.6%)

22 (4.1%)

6 (4.3%)

15 (5.3%)

1 (1.6%)

0 (0.0%)

22 (4.1%)

14 (4.6%)

5 (6%)

3 (2.1%)

22 (4.1%)

Do you think that the mouthguards protect the athlete from traumatic injury?

Yes

266 (71.5%)

115 (71.9%)

381 (71.6%)

0.378

103 (74.1%)

197 (69.9%)

41 (64.1%)

40 (85.1%)

381 (71.6%)

0.241

212 (69.3%)

61 (72.6%)

108 (76.1%)

381 (71.6%)

0.414

No

33 (8.9%)

9 (5.6%)

42 (7.9%)

11 (7.9%)

25 (8.9%)

5 (7.8%)

1 (2.1%)

42 (7.9%)

24 (7.8%)

9 (10.7%)

9 (6.3%)

42 (7.9%)

Don’t know

73 (19.6%)

36 (22.5%)

109 (20.5%)

25 (18.0%)

60 (21.3%)

18 (28.1%)

6 (12.8%)

109 (20.5%)

70 (22.9%)

14 (16.7%)

25 (17.6%)

109 (20.5%)

Do you think that the mouthguards affects the performance of the athlete positively?

Yes

169 (45.4%)

59 (36.9%)

228 (42.9%)

0.023*

59 (42.4%)

113 (40.1%)

34 (53.1%)

22 (46.8%)

228 (42.9%)

0.083

128 (41.8%)

35 (41.7%)

65 (45.8%)

228 (42.9%)

0.319

No

105 (28.2%)

40 (25%)

145 (27.3%)

35 (25.2%)

81 (28.7%)

11 (17.2%)

18 (38.3%)

14 (26.3%)

89 (29.1%)

17 (20.2%)

39 (27.5%)

145 (27.3%)

Don’t know

98 (26.3%)

61 (38.1%)

159 (29.9%)

45 (32.4%)

88 (31.2%)

19 (29.7%)

7 (14.9%)

159 (29.9%)

89 (29.1%)

32 (38.1%)

38 (26.8%)

159 (29.9%)

Do you use mouthguard?

Yes

50 (13.4%)

29 (18.1%)

79 (14.8%)

0.363

21 (15.1%)

50 (17.7%)

6 (9.4%)

2 (4.3%)

79 (14.8%)

0.085

47 (15.4%)

13 (15.5%)

19 (13.4%)

79 (14.8%)

0.729

No

316 (84.9%)

128 (80%)

444 (83.5%)

116 (83.5%)

225 (79.8%)

58 (90.6%)

45 (95.7%)

444 (83.5%)

253 (82.7%)

71 (84.5%)

120 (84.5%)

444 (83.5%)

Don’t know

6 (1.6%)

3 (1.9%)

9 (1.7%)

2 (1.4%)

7 (2.5%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

9 (1.7%)

6 (2%)

0 (0%)

3 (2.1%)

9 (1.7%)

Do you know about mouthguards previously?

Yes

108 (29%)

48 (30%)

156 (29.3%)

0.770

38 (27.3%)

93 (33%)

15 (23.4%)

10 (21.3%)

156 (29.3%)

0.542

84 (27.5%)

27 (32.1%)

45 (31.7%)

156 (29.3%)

0.855

No

254 (68.3%)

106 (66.2%)

360 (67.7%)

96 (69.1%)

182 (64.5%)

47 (73.4%)

35 (74.5%)

360 (67.7%)

212 (69.3%)

55 (65.5%)

93 (65.5%)

360 (67.7%)

Don’t know

10 (2.7%)

6 (3.8%)

16 (3%)

5 (3.6%)

7 (2.5%)

2 (3.1%)

2 (4.3%)

16 (3%)

10 (3.3%)

2 (2.4%)

4 (2.8%)

16 (3%)

Do you like to have more about mouthguards?

Yes

245 (65.9%)

109 (68.1%)

354 (66.5%)

0.046*

82 (59%)

194 (68.8%)

38 (59.4%)

40 (85.1%)

354 (66.5%)

0.011*

206 (67.3%)

48 (57.1%)

100 (70.4%)

354 (66.5%)

0.124

No

85 (22.8%)

24 (15%)

109 (20.5%)

39 (28.1%)

54 (19.1%)

13 (20.3%)

3 (6.4%)

109 (20.5%)

64 (20.9%)

24 (28.6%)

21 (14.8%)

109 (20.5%)

Don’t know

42 (11.3%)

27 (16.9%)

69 (13%)

18 (12.9%)

34 (12.1%)

13 (20.3%)

4 (8.5%)

69 (13%)

36 (11.8%)

12 (14.3%)

21 (14.8%)

69 (13%)

Which option you will apply in the case the tooth is avülsed?

Emergency department

135 (36.3%)

65 (40.6%)

200 (37.6%)

0.59

65 (46.8%)

106 (37.6%)

21 (32.8%)

8 (17%)

200 (37.6%)

0.013*

114 (37.3%)

42 (50%)

44 (31%)

200 (37.6%)

0.073

Dentist

219 (58.9%)

89 (55.6%)

308 (57.9%)

67 (48.2%)

163 (57.8%)

42 (65.6%)

36 (76.6%)

308 (57.9%)

177 (57.8%)

40 (47.6%)

91 (64.1%)

308 (57.9%)

Scene

18 (4.8%)

6 (3.8%)

24 (4.5%)

7 (5%)

13 (4.6%)

1 (1.6%)

3 (6.4%)

24 (4.5%)

15 (4.9%)

2 (2.4%)

7 (4.9%)

24 (4.5%)

Which condition do you prefer if the tooth is avülsed?

Alcohol

52 (14%)

14 (8.8%)

66 (12.4%)

0.253

13 (9.4%)

38 (13.5%)

10 (15.6%)

5 (10.6%)

66 (12.4%)

0.214

35 (11.4%)

10 (11.9%)

21 (14.8%)

66 (12.4%)

0.271

In the mouth

23 (6.2%)

7 (4.4%)

30 (5.6%)

8 (5.8%)

13 (4.6%)

4 (6.2%)

5 (10.6%)

30 (5.6%)

17 (5.6%)

3 (3.6%)

10 (7%)

30 (5.6%)

Toothbrush

4 (1.1%)

4 (2.5%)

8 (1.5%)

5 (3.6%)

3 (1.1%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

8 (1.5%)

5 (1.6%)

3 (3.6%)

0 (0%)

8 (1.5%)

Napkin

128 (34.4%)

51 (31.9%)

179 (33.6%)

54 (38.8%)

92 (32.6%)

18 (28.1%)

15 (31.9%)

179 (33.6%)

111 (36.3%)

29 (34.5%)

39 (27.5%)

179 (33.6%)

Water

135 (36.3%)

67 (41.9%)

202 (38%)

42 (30.2%)

115 (40.8%)

28 (43.8%)

17 (36.2%)

202 (38%)

107 (35%)

34 (40.5%)

61 (43%)

202 (38%)

Milk

30 (8.1%)

17 (10.6%)

47 (8.8%)

17 (12.2%)

21 (7.4%)

4 (6.2%)

5 (10.6%)

47 (8.8%)

31 (10.1%)

5 (6%)

11 (7.7%)

47 (8.8%)