2026 data FDA MAUDE openFDA

Mouthguard, Over-The-Counter

Adverse-event figures are drawn from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) MAUDE database, refreshed March 2026, see our methodology.

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openFDA event book Mouthguard, Over-The-Counter LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE

#662 of 1000 · 1,006 reports · 2007–2026

  • BOOK 1,006 reports
  • RANK #662 of 1000
  • DEATH 0 death-typed
  • INJ 127 injury-typed
  • MALF 866 malfunction
  • SPAN 2007–2026
  • PEAK 2014: 776
  • PHOTO Electrode

Nearest event-volume peer: Electrode, Ion Specific, Potassium (2 report gap)

Mouthguard, Over-The-Counter sits #662 of 1000 among tracked device types with 1,006 MAUDE reports spanning 2007–2026. Rank counts report volume, not confirmed device fault. Event_type Death / Injury / Malfunction are one code per report — not the same population as patient-outcome rows ( methodology). Read with this device → · Similar-volume device →

Malfunction reports run above the device-type norm

Mouthguard, Over-The-Counter carries 86.1% MALFUNCTION-coded reports, 21.3pp above the 1,000-device-type mean, the widest gap of its three event codes. Codes are report labels, not adjudicated causation.

  • DEATH 0.0% corpus 1.5% · below corpus mean (-1.5 pp)
  • INJ 12.6% corpus 30.3% · below corpus mean (-17.7 pp)
  • MALF 86.1% corpus 64.8% · above corpus mean (+21.3 pp)

Lead product-problem code Delamination is 71% of coded problems · Top event location is 84% of location-tagged rows .

Mouthguard, Over-The-Counter in the event-volume neighbourhood

FDA MAUDE report totals among this device type and nearest nationwide peers

reports

What this shows Mouthguard, Over-The-Counter carries 1,006 MAUDE reports, ranked #662 of 1000.

Source FDA MAUDE via openFDA, aggregated by PlainHospital As of August 2026

Event Types

Malfunction 866 (86.1%)
Injury 127 (12.6%)
11 (1.1%)
Other 2 (0.2%)

Patient Outcomes

FDA patient-outcome codes (separate from event_type). Percentages use this chart's row total.

Life Threatening 646 (62.5%)
256 (24.8%)
Other 51 (4.9%)
Disability 22 (2.1%)
Required Intervention 20 (1.9%)
R 14 (1.4%)
O 10 (1.0%)
Hospitalization 9 (0.9%)
L 2 (0.2%)
S 2 (0.2%)
Death 1 (0.1%)

Top Product Problems

Delamination 698
Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem 51
Material Separation 39
Break 35
Insufficient Device Problem Information 28
Patient-Device Incompatibility 23
Detachment Of Device Component 16
Fitting Problem 15
Device Operates Differently Than Expected 14
Improper or Incorrect Procedure or Method 8
Split 8
Material Disintegration 6
Material Integrity Problem 6
Product Quality Problem 6
Inadequacy of Device Shape and/or Size 5
Material Fragmentation 5
Use of Device Problem 5
Appropriate Device Problem Term/Code Not Available 4
Component Missing 4
Crack 4

Yearly Trend

07
2007: 1
09
2009: 7
10
2010: 3
12
2012: 4
13
2013: 8
14
2014: 776
15
2015: 31
16
2016: 16
17
2017: 24
18
2018: 23
19
2019: 29
20
2020: 15
21
2021: 10
22
2022: 6
23
2023: 5
24
2024: 18
25
2025: 13
26
2026: 17

Reports in 2025 (13) held close to the prior two-year average of 12.

Related Entities for Mouthguard, Over-The-Counter

Event Locations

847 (84.2%)
I 121 (12.0%)
HOME 33 (3.3%)
OTHER 3 (0.3%)
NO INFORMATION 2 (0.2%)

Nationwide devices with a comparable report-volume footprint

Mouthguard, Over-The-Counter carries zero death-typed MAUDE reports, so the peer set below compares report volume only; both axes are floored at ≥100 reports so the neighborhood stays in the advertised mass.

Similar report volume

Nearest other device types by FDA MAUDE report count (1,006 here).

Similar death-typed counts

Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (0 here), distinct from the volume row.

Disclaimer: MAUDE figures for Mouthguard, Over-The-Counter are informational only and are not clinical advice. Report codes do not prove device causation. Consult a qualified clinician before acting on this data.

Every figure on PlainHospital is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. Event-type mix on this page is computed from FDA MAUDE codes for Mouthguard, Over-The-Counter; corpus means use device types with ≥100 reports. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.