American Academy of Pediatrics Classification of Sports
Classification Sports
1.Contact/Collision Boxing, field hockey, football, ice hockey, lacrosse,
martial arts, rodeo, soccer, wrestling
2.Limited Contact Impact Baseball, basketball, bicycling, diving, field events,
gymnastics, horseback riding, skating, skiing, softball,
squash, volleyball
3.Strenuous Noncontact Aerobic dancing, crew, fencing, running, swimming,
tennis, track,weight lifting
4.Moderately Strenuous Contact Badminton, curling, table tennis
5.Nonstrenuous Contact Archery, golf, riflery
Types of Mouth Guards
The American Society for Testing And Materials (ASTM) utilizes this classification:
Type I: Stock
Type II: Mouth formed
Type III: Custom-fabricated (over a model)
