With the Super Bowl only days away, there is speculation that the New Orleans Saints football team's successful run this season may be partly attributable to new custom-fitted mouthguards that employ the science of neuromuscular dentistry, according to the Las Vegas Institute (LVI) for Advanced Dental Studies.
Many neuromuscular dentists are trained at LVI after graduating from dental school, the institute stated in a press release.
Neuromuscular dentistry involves placing the lower jaw into its optimal resting position. Fixing the bite puts the head, neck, and jaw muscles in near-perfect alignment and optimizes breathing, LVI explained.
"At the highest levels of physical performance, this can be the difference between making a play or not," said Mark Duncan, D.D.S., clinical director at LVI. "A study conducted by Rutgers University concluded the neuromuscular dentistry-based mouthguard improved vertical jump and power output in explosive, short duration bouts of exercise."
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