Soft & Dual Blanks (Splint & Night Guard)

About soft and dual blanks

Soft and dual blanks on the splint and night guard shelf: a soft blank is one flexible sheet, a dual blank bonds a soft layer to a hard one. A position statement on custom sports mouthguards describes a laminate with at least one soft, elastic layer to absorb force and one rigid layer to transmit it over the arch.

Soft sheet, or soft bonded to hard.

Sources: European Association for Sports Dentistry position statement on custom-made sports mouthguards, 2025 (PMC12056218)