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New Georgia State Law Mandates Dual-Arch Protective Oral Appliances!

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2011 Graph of major mouth guard brands – Impact tested !
Finally !  A state legislative commission has investigated, reviewed, and passed a needed standard for effective oral appliance/mouth guard design, functionality, and effectiveness for their state’s aspiring amateur fighters participating in traditional boxing, and the up-and- coming MMA/NHB style of ring/cage competition.

Former boxing veteran and Georgia Amateur Boxing & Amateur MMA Commissioner Andy Foster(now residing over California’s Amateur Boxing & MMA Commission) has been a driving force in getting effective guard designs approved and inferior designs away from the sport he has participated in, and now oversees in California.

“I used Brain-Pad(dual-arch) design in all my fights. I love it. I think its a great piece of safety equipment.

It’s approved to be used.”.

- Andy Foster
 Former Director of the Am. Boxing & MMA Commission of Georgia.
 Presently the Director of the Am. Boxing & MMA Commission of California.

Georgia-Dual-Arch-Rule-4_blogThis dual-arch mouth guard standard aims to inform and protect participants state-wide and addresses, for the first time, that some mouth guard technology is much safer others.  We thank Andy for all his work and efforts to bring this needed standard into law in the State of Georgia.
Currently, mouth guards are the only piece of protective equipment that have no national standards implemented for quality, effectiveness of design, nor impact absorptive thresholds or ratings regarding impact energy reduction and oral/facial protection.

Wonder if your MG is really effective & protective when put to the test ?
Some name brand guards were impact tested and the results are surprising -
2011 Graph of major mouth guard brands – Impact tested !

2011 Viano Study – Brand Name Guards Tested. RESULTS Published!

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Viano’s 2011 Results Graph – Click to enlarge.
High Speed Impact Trials

New Head Form with Salient(moving) Low Jaw & sensors to measure impact energy levels – Ground Breaking design !
2011 – Viano Study – EffectMouthguardsHeadResponses&MandibleForcesFootballHelmetImpacts_ABME with obersvations

LEFT = Bare Head Form.  RIGHT = Covered with imitation skin.

Results Graph – Click to enlarge.
Low Speed Impact Trials

Mixed Martial Arts Fighter – His words ” 46 Fights – No Knock-outs! No lost teeth! “

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Jason Godsee wrote:

                           “Had Brain-Pad on my banner in Bellator too!
                         46 fights never been knocked out or lost a tooth! “

                                   ” I get hit and I keep coming at them! “

Brain-Pad Technology is effective – Stephen D. Smith, D.M.D., Paoli, Pa.

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I support the dual arch technology you have developed for the purpose of impact reduction. Certainly cushioning the condyle and teeth with a 3-4 mm interocclusal elastomeric material helps reduce impact upward against the glenoid fossa and skull. Shock at impact causes impaired function. The temporal bone is thinnest at the top of the glenoid fossa/housing of the TMJ, with as little as 1/8″ to 1/16″ thickness to the brain, and susceptible to traumatic injury, including perforation. The helmeted sports accelerate a whiplash fulcrum effect on the temporomandibular joint through chinstrap force. Cushioning the mandible down and forward is essential in mouthguard design related to impact energy injury.This also occurrs with martial arts impact sports where a direct blow to the jaw can occurr.

The design of airway opening for breathing, and protection of all the teeth are other advantages of your design.

Cordially,

Stephen D. Smith, D.M.D., Paoli, Pa.

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Conversation between Brain-Pad Inc. and Adam Marshall

 
  Adam Marshall

3:24pm Aug 29 2012

My son won the AAU State championship this year for his divison in TKD at the Indiana State Championships. He went on to earn a Bronze Medal at Nationals and is now #3 in the country in his division. We only use your product and I am attaching a photo of him on the podium getting his Gold medal and you can see the mouth guard plain as day. I recently had to replace his mouth guard and of course got another brain pad. If ever we can give a testimonial or endorse your product please let us know. You make great stuff! Keep up the good work.

Adam Marshall – Gold Medal Baby!.JPG

Dual Arch Believer – Oscar De La Hoya !

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Oscar has been protecting his career with Dual-Arch Protection.
Pictured below are a dual-arch custom dental appliance and what looks
to be Brain-Pad’s solid black PRO+ High Performance Jaw-Joint Protector™

 

 

MMA – INTERNAL HEAD PROTECTION

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                  Brain-Pad®  Jaw-Joint Protector                         upper mouth guard

The Jaw-Joint complex is the most complex, fragile, and arguably the most over-looked and under-protected joint of the human body.  Jaw-Joint damage is permanent.

The posterior socket walls which align the back of the jaw bones are only 1/6 of an inch thick. Cracks in the posterior socket wall ( ie: green stick fractures ) do not return to their natural shape after trauma such as lower jaw impacts or impactions, instead, they calcify ( harden ) after being elongated back towards the base of skull and brain.

Behind this thin socket wall reside major nerves running from the base of the skull to all parts of the body.  An elongated socket permanently interferes with these vital body-controlling nerves as they attempt to communicate with the brain and affect muscular strength, balance, and coordination.

The Jaw-Joint complexes are crucial to competitive success and also key-players in loss of “The Competitive Edge”.  Unfortunately they are also the least-publicized and least-protected joints of the human anatomy.  When the head is a legitimate target, they must be protected to avoid long-term, permanent damage.