Custom Mouthguards: Look Good. Feel Good. Most Importantly, Stay Protected.

For most athletes, the first thought that comes to mind when thinking about a custom mouthguard is what it should look like. “How cool is it going to look with my team logo?” “Does it match my uniform and school colors?” “Can I put my name and number on it?”

While color, logo and personalization are great benefits to getting a custom mouthguard, they aren’t the only reasons for your players to wear one — custom or otherwise. Sure, guards now come in many new colors and styles, with cool graphics and designs; but that’s not what’s most important.

Custom mouthguards are more than what meets the eye. It’s the functionality of the mouthguard that matters most. After all, mouthguards are meant to guard mouths — it’s not just a clever name!

The truly great thing about custom mouthguards is the superior protection and comfort they offer your athletes. Consider this for a moment:

• More than 5 million teeth are knocked out each year.
• Between appointments, surgeries, maintenance, etc., the lifetime cost to replace just one tooth amounts to approximately $20,000.
• Unlike broken bones, teeth don’t heal on their own; it’s a lifelong injury.

That’s why the Academy for Sports Dentistry recommends a professionally-made, properly-fitted custom mouthguard for all contact and collision sports, as they’re 1000% more protective than any other type of mouthguard. So, how do custom mouthguards help to avoid costly and painful oral injuries? Simple:

1. Custom mouthguards are designed using each athlete’s individual mouth structure, making for an exact fit. That means the mouthguard is where it needs to be when it needs to be there. It won’t shift, fall out or move from its placement against the upper teeth.

2. Unlike generic stock or boil-and-bite mouthguards — which form to the teeth by biting into them — custom mouthguards don’t vary in thickness where protection is needed. Again, because custom mouthguards are engineered to fit each individual player’s mouth, custom mouthguards have the proper thickness where protection is needed and less bulk where comfort is more important.

3. Because custom mouthguards are so comfortable to wear, your players won’t be distracted by discomfort and they’ll be more willing to actually wear their mouthguards. And unlike generic guards, custom mouthguards allow your players to breathe, speak and drink water freely without needing to remove their mouthguard. 

While custom mouthguards may help your players look cool, they’ll look even better when they remain on the field, court or ice injury-free and comfortable. That’s because nothing’s cooler than being there when your team needs you most.

Look good. Feel good. Stay protected. With custom mouthguards, your players get the personalized gear they want, with the safety and comfort they need.

Author Bio

Bobbie Quinn, co-founder of Gladiator Custom Mouthguards, played both lacrosse and field hockey as a youth and went on to play Division 1 women’s lacrosse in college. Bobbie continues to play women’s league field hockey and enjoys watching her son play various sports.