Mouthguards help to protect the jaw and save teeth from impact and severe injury!
Rainbow Dental Centre in Angus, Ontario offers custom sports mouthguards.
The most common dental injuries are due to a facial injury during sports. This is generally due to the fact that most athletes don’t wear a mouthguard when playing sports, often because it is not required to play. However, despite not being mandatory, a mouthguard provides numerous benefits to athletes. This is especially true for sports with a high chance of impact such as:
- Football
- Wrestling
- Soccer
- Hockey
- Martial Arts
- Any other sport that may include contact to the face or jaw
Wearing a sportguard has been proven to not only minimize the risk of tooth and jaw injuries, but can also reduce chance and severity of concussion. There are three different types of sports mouthguards:
- Stock Sportguard. These are pre-formed mouthguards that are ready to be put in your mouth. They usually do not fit well in the mouth, and can be bulky, however, they are a cheap alternative that will at least provide some protection.
- Boil and Bite. These are slightly moldable mouthguards, in which you place them in hot water to make them soften, then put it in your mouth and bite to have it adapt to the shape of your mouth. Boil and Bite mouthguards can be hard to get a perfect fit and can also be quite bulky.
- Custom-fit Sportguard. A custom sports mouthguard is made specifically for your teeth by the dentists at Rainbow Dental Centre. Because they are customized, they offer a much better fit. They are resilient, tear-resistant and comfortable and have a much lower profile than sportguards that are not custom fit. This results in the highest level of protection.
Rainbow Dental Centre servicing the Barrie and Angus, Ontario areas offers custom sports mouthguards for all kinds of athletes. If you or your child play sports, ensure their chance of dental injury is greatly reduced! The best protection comes from a custom fit mouth guard. Stay safe! For more information, please give us a call or visit our dental office.
Rainbow Dental Centre 1 Water Street Angus, ON, L0M 1B0 Canada 705 424 0873 or angusrainbowdental@gmail.com
