Mouthguards
Mouthguards

Mouthguards 

Many sports have risk of contact and therefore serious dental injury. These sorts of injuries are often difficult to treat, and often involve a lifetime of expense.
 

The damage done 

Mouthguards can protect you from some serious sporting injuries, such as broken jaws, fractured, cracked or knocked-out teeth, cut lips and tongues.

You don’t just have to be playing obvious contact sports like rugby union, rugby league, AFL, hockey and boxing to sustain those kinds of injuries. Even non-contact sports like cricket, basketball, netball, touch football, skateboarding and soccer, carry a real risk of accidental collision, and resulting dental trauma.
 

How a mouthguard works 

A custom-fitted mouthguard works by absorbing and spreading the impact of the damaging blow, and is fabricated based on an impression or digital scan of your teeth and jaw taken by your dental professional.
A mouthguard that is custom-fitted by your dentist is far superior to an over-the-counter mouthguard because it’s specially designed to fit the exact contours of your mouth, is resilient, balances your bite and allows speech and normal breathing. If properly used, stored, and checked by your dentist every year, a custom-fitted mouthguard should last several seasons. 
 

Wearing a custom-fitted mouthguard

To keep your mouthguard in tip-top working order, you’ll need to keep it out of the sun, wash it in cold water after use, get your orthodontist or dentist to make sure it’s still OK when you go in for your regular check-ups.
 

Visit this link to find out how to fit your mouthguard correctly

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