Are You Using Approved Protection? Make Sure You Read This!
FACT: The American Dental Association and the Academy for Sports Dentistry recommend a professionally made, properly fitted custom mouthguard for all contact and collision sports. FACT: The Academy for Sports Dentistry states a custom mouthguard is 1000% more protective than any other type of mouthguard. FACT: The National Athletic Trainers’ Association recently released a new position statement […]
When It Comes To The Best Braces Mouthguard, There’s Really Only One Option
Your braces are an expensive and important long-term investment; and that means you need to keep them safe, especially while playing sports. Whether the sport you’re playing is contact or non-contact, athletics doesn’t just increase your chance of suffering an orofacial injury — an injury to your mouth or face — but also the chance […]
Mouthguards: Bigger Isn’t Necessarily Better; Smaller Isn’t More Comfortable
When it comes to protective equipment like mouthguards, there is a widely held belief that bigger is better — the more padding, the more protection — and smaller is more comfortable. However, this is actually a common misconception. The most important thing about protective gear is that it gives each individual athlete the proper protection […]
Athletes In Non-Contact Sports Need More Protection Than You Think
As an athlete who doesn’t play a contact sport, a mouthguard isn’t that important for you, right? Wrong. As we’ve stated in this space many times, athletes have a 33-56% chance of receiving an orofacial injury — an injury to the mouth or face — during their playing career. And guess what? A broken or […]
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