Smart diagnostic mouth guard system

A diagnostic mouth guard, comprising:

• a body for insertion into an oral cavity and placement over a plurality of adjacent teeth of a user, the body comprising a medial region that is disposed between upper and lower teeth of the user when the body is thus placed over the plurality of adjacent teeth;
• a plurality of pressure sensors mounted in the medial region of the body, each individual pressure sensor of the plurality of pressure sensors occupying a position in the body between the upper and lower teeth when the body is thus placed over the plurality of adjacent teeth and comprising an elastomeric member having on a first side thereof a corresponding first conductive pad and on a second side thereof a member selected from the group consisting of a second conductive pad, an electrical path to ground, and a combination thereof, the elastomeric member having a thickness and a Young's modulus selected and configured so that each individual pressure sensor constitutes a capacitive transducer having a capacitance correlating with a biting force applied to the medial region of the diagnostic mouth guard at a location of such individual pressure sensor on the elastomeric member;
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• processing circuitry, in communication with the plurality of pressure sensors, configured to provide pressure sensor data, based upon the capacitance of the individual pressure sensors, to an external processing unit when the diagnostic mouth guard is located in the oral cavity.