Custom Made vs. Boil-and-Bite
Why You Need A Custom Fit Mouthguard
With player safety as important as ever, you owe it to your players to make custom fit mouthguards a top priority — on par with jerseys, helmets and shoes or cleats. Consider the facts:
- The American Dental Association and the Academy for Sports Dentistry recommend a professionally-made, properly-fitted custom mouthguard for all contact and collision sports
- Over 5 million teeth are knocked out each year and the lifetime cost to replace one tooth is approximately $20,000
- Athletes don’t like wearing bulky uncomfortable mouthguards
- Generic boil-and-bite mouthguards are inexpensive because they’re chunks of rubber that are chewed through and turned unrecognizable almost instantly
- Custom mouthguards are designed to match the exact structure of each player’s individual mouth, making for the most intimate and comfortable fitting mouthguard possible and therefore outlasting boil-and-bite guards 5-to-1
- Players leave boil-and-bite mouthguards on the field, in their lockers or simply choose to not use them at all because they look disgusting and make it hard to breathe and speak
- Custom mouthguards are designed for optimal oxygen flow. The more oxygen an athlete takes in, the more enhanced their performance, endurance and communication becomes
- Even players with braces get the comfort and protection they need with custom fit mouthguards
- A custom mouthguard with a player’s personalized name, number and team logo instantly becomes a favorite piece of their uniform and an essential component to completing their game face
Need a heads up about why a custom fit is so important? The better the fit, the better your players perform and the better your players are protected when they take a hit to the mouth or jaw.
