NFL Concussion: Bring Your Mouth Guard

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Published: September 4, 2009

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... J. Maher, DMD, has served as the New England Patriots team dentist since 1979, a position he got after working with boxer Marvin Hagler.

With the help of research from Dr. Jack Stenger at the University of Notre Dame, his company Mahercor Laboratories LLC developed The Maher Mouth Guard, a mechanism that is said to aid in the prevention of concussions for all athletes playing in contact sports.

The company has been working with the National Hockey League, a sport in which concussions have become all too common, and this type of oral appliance also can benefit soldiers. He recently spoke to a group of Pop Warner players and parents, and stressed the importance of avoiding the OTC mouth guards.

“Because the models off the shelf fit so poorly, the players don’t wear them or they chew on them and distort them,” said Dr. Maher, whose company work...

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