Mouth Guards

Playing sports is a healthy way to improve your physical condition, lift your mood, interact socially and develop a winning attitude. Yet, playing sports can also put your mouth at risk of injury. Here’s the good news: a mouth guard can help you avoid injury in even the most high-contact sports. Whether you are rollerblading or playing football or basketball, your teeth deserve the protection our dentist can offer you with a custom-fitted mouth guard.

How Mouth Guards Protect You

The mouth guard fits over your top teeth, providing a strong cushion that absorbs shocks during sports activities. It can dramatically reduce the effects of getting elbowed in the face during a basketball game or falling face-first while skating. It safeguards not just your teeth but also ensures the protection of your gums, lips, inner cheeks, and tongue against harm.

Mouth Guards for Recreational Activities

Besides protecting the teeth during sports, mouth guards can keep your teeth safe during strenuous recreational activities. You can wear a mouth guard during biking, mountain climbing, or other activities that are prone to oral injury.

Easy-to-Wear Custom-Fitted Mouth Guards

When we make a mouth guard for you, it is carefully fitted to your teeth and mouth to ensure you can breathe and speak easily. It is comfortable to wear for the duration of any sporting event and easy to remove and reinsert whenever you like.

Making Your Mouth Guard

Being fitted for a custom mouth guard is an easy, painless procedure. We take impressions of your teeth and the surrounding structures and tissues. The lab does the rest, fabricating a mouth guard according to the impressions we make. When the mouth guard is ready, your dentist shows you how to insert it and checks it for fit. After that, you are ready to use it any time you play sports.

Mouth Guards Protect Dental Work

Many people wonder whether they can wear a mouth guard if they have dental crowns, bridges, or orthodontia. The simple answer is yes! Mouth guards protect your investment of time and money spent restoring or straightening your teeth. What you need to remember is that over-the-counter mouth guards don’t provide the same level of protection as our custom-fitted mouth guards. You do need to take out any removable dental appliances before you insert your mouth guard.

Taking Care of Your Mouth Guard

Whenever you insert your mouth guard, it comes in contact with the bacteria in your mouth. So, it is important you clean it before and after every use. Simply rinse it with cold water or a mouth rinse. After you use the mouth guard, you can brush it with toothpaste and a toothbrush. Rinse it thoroughly and put it in its case.