Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago
For over 70 years, the School of Dentistry has helped provide mouthguards for the U-M athletic teams.
The program was first created by Donald Peterson, a School of Dentistry alum and U-M football player from 1948 to 1951, and William Godwin, who helped create the technology behind creating the athletic mouthguard.
Today, U-M faculty visit various U-M athletic teams and create impressions that are made into the athletic mouthguards that are used by the team players.
For over 70 years, the School of Dentistry has helped provide mouthguards for the U-M athletic teams.
The program was first created by Donald Peterson, a School of Dentistry alum and U-M football player from 1948 to 1951, and William Godwin, who helped create the technology behind creating the athletic mouthguard.
Today, U-M faculty visit various U-M athletic teams and create impressions that are made into the athletic mouthguards that are used by the team players.
