Protect Your Protection: How To Properly Clean Your Mouthguard
It shouldn’t come as a surprise, but your mouthguard gets fairly dirty. After all, it does mostly reside in your mouth — and we know that isn’t the cleanest environment. Your mouthguard is a great place for any food or bacteria stuck in your teeth to end up. And that may be detrimental to your […]
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 […]
Mouths Are Not Created Equally: Do Your Athletes Have Specific Mouthguard Needs?
All individuals are unique in their own way — from different body types and builds, to personalities and identities — and that means that everyone has their own specific needs. When it comes to athletes, those needs could be extra protection for a specific sport or gear that’s catered to certain comforts. As a coach […]
National Facial Protection Month: 3 Tips To Help Protect Your Face
It’s April, National Facial Protection Month, and that means its time to help build awareness for safety in sports! 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 consider this: a broken […]
Is Your Team Prepared For The Playoffs? Here Are 4 Tips For A Deep Run
As winter quickly turns into spring, it’s the time of year where many sports — particularly basketball and hockey — are about to enter their postseasons. With the playoff push coming up, it’s time to step back and assess your team. What do you need to be prepared for the playoffs? Are there ways to […]
Protective Equipment: The Luck Of The Irish Doesn’t Apply To Injuries
Tomorrow is St. Patrick’s Day! That means it’s time to wear your green, put up shamrock decorations and celebrate the luck of the Irish. You know what isn’t lucky though: staying injury-free on the field, pitch, court or ice. Sure, when someone takes a brutal hit and walks away unscathed, you may hear someone exclaim […]
Make Mouthguards Comfortable Again: 3 Secrets To Solve Discomfort
The biggest complaint that athletes have about their mouthguards is that they’re uncomfortable. And unfortunately, comfort is absolutely vital to both protection and reaching peak performance. Have you ever had a tag in the back of your t-shirt that irritated you? Things that cause discomfort — like an irritating tag — are very distracting. It’s […]
