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FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW

An estimated 250,000 concussions are sustained each year in contact football and eight of these will result in death.
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). November 27, 1991:2867

Twenty procent of high school football players will sustain a concussion during a single season and many of these players will sustain more than one.
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). November 27, 1991:2867

According to the Journal of the American Medical Assn., sport and recreational injuries cost over 18.5 billion dollars annually and affect over 1 million Americans, their families and the community.
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). November 27. 1991:2867

Brain injury causes more deaths than any other sports injury. In football for instance, brain injury accounts for 65 to 85 percent of all fatalities. Football players with a brain injury are six times as likely to sustain a new injury.
TIME., December 12. 1994: 71-72, cited by Thigpen D., Chin Music.

Approximately 5% of all soccer players receive a brain injury and there are an estimated 18 million players in the United States.
Bruce DA L Sutton.LN, “Brain and cervical spine injuries occurring during organized sports activities in children and adolescents. “Primary Care 1994. 11:175-194.

In winter sports such as ice hockey, skiing, sledding, and ice skating, brain injuries account for 46% of all injuries.
National Pediatric Trauma Registry, Fact Sheet #3, October, October 1993.

Brain injuries are common among 87% of all professional boxers.
JAMA 1984: 251:2663-7.

60% of all eqiestrian related deaths are from brain injuries.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System 1991-91.

More than 5 million teeth are knocked out each year; many occur during contact sports. An Athlete is 60 times more likely to sustain damage to the teeth when not wearing a protective mouthguard.
National Sports Youth Safety Foundation. Inc. “Fact Sheet 1995-Dental Injuries.”

In 1993, Dr. Voight R. Hodgson, conducted a study for N.O.C.S.A.E. and Bio-Mechanics Research Center, (Wayne State University) on force-attenuation potential of conventional mouthguards and the Jaw-Joint Protector. The protector absorbed the force of impact to the jaw-joint remarkably greater than did the traditional mouthguards.
Hodgson. V.R. “Standard Method of Impact Test and Performance Requirements for Football Faceguards and Mouthguards Impact Test 7 Load Ring Triaxial Accelerator Model. “May 13, 1993.

The National Dental Association endorses and strongly recommends the use of the WIPSS Jaw-Joint Protector for all children and adults participating in athletic competition.
National Dental Association- “General Assembly” Chigago, Illinois, August 3, 1996.

The general assembly of the World Boxing Association accepted the report of the WBA medical committee recommending the worldwide use of the WIPPS Jaw-Joint Protector for all a affiliate boxers.
World Boxing Association-“General Assembly”- WBA Medical Committee. November 23,1995.

A new standard test method and performance specification for Jaw-Joint Protectors is under the jurisdiction of the ASTM Committee F-8 on Sports and Equipment and is the direct responsibility of the Sub-Committee F08.53 on mouthguards.
ASTM-“Committee F-8 on Sports and Equipment-Sub-Committee F08.53 on Mouthguards.

When the jaw joint is impacted, violent torces of acceleration are applied to the brain. These accelerations alone can result in brain injury and many cases are characterized as concussion or knochouts. This can result in bone fractures, damage to the delicate tissues at the base of the skull, and repeated bleeding episodes at the brain.
Dr. Edward D. Williams-“Clinical Study-reduce the risk of concussions”-January 1997.