Don’t Be A Horror Movie Cliché — Make The Right Safety Decisions

If you’ve ever watched a horror movie — particularly those of the slasher variety — you’ve probably noticed a strange trend. The bad guy comes after his victims, but instead of making good decisions, the people running away almost always make the wrong choice.

Instead of making the simple decision to get away from the house or farm or camp, etc., the victims run down to the basement, or up to the attic, or deeper into the walled in cemetery, until they’re easily caught and maimed. Of course, slasher flicks would be pretty boring if the people always got away unscathed.

There’s a similar trend when people are faced with a mouthguard decision: run to safety or keep hoping the bad guy won’t attack. Too often, the wrong choice is being made over and over again.

We’re here to save you from harm and help make the path to protection as easy as possible. And there’s nothing boring about it!

Choice #1 – Don’t like mouthguards, so don’t bother wearing one.

This is the equivalent of being the first victim of the movie’s villain. You didn’t take them seriously, and even tried to antagonize them.

Athletes have a 33-56% chance of receiving an injury to the mouth or face during their playing career and more than 5 million teeth are knocked out during sports and recreational activities each year. With lifelong maintenance, dental appointments and surgeries, a broken or damaged tooth has a lifetime cost of approximately $20,000.

Forgoing your mouthguard is simply the worst decision, as you are blatantly risking serious injury.

Choice #2 – Get the cheapest, easiest option from the sporting goods store.

The “hiding in the basement or attic” of mouthguards. You bought yourself some time, but the baddie is close.

Sure, in a pinch a generic, off-the-shelf mouthguard is better than no mouthguard. But the most important part of protective equipment is being in the right spot when needed. Loose fitting and bulky boil-and-bite mouthguards tend to float around the mouth and become easily dislodged.

From cut and design – which a boil-and-bite has not been updated much since the 1960s — to form and function, the only real similarities between custom mouthguards and boil-and-bites is that they’re worn in the mouth.

Choice #3 – Call in the professionals.

Now you are starting to actually avoid disaster! You recognize the threat and call the pros to deal with it.

Your dentist can make you a proper custom mouthguard, but it will also come at a cost. A dentist-made custom mouthguard typically costs upward of $200. And if you are unwilling to foot the bill, you’ll probably be right back to choices 1 and 2 and back in the line of danger.

Choice #4 – Run straight to safety!

Both the American Dental Association (ADA) and the Academy for Sports Dentistry (ASD) recommend a professionally made, properly fitted custom mouthguard for all contact and collision sports. In addition, the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) recommends that athletes to wear “properly fitted mouthguards” during sports activities.

With more than 23 years of protecting athletes, Gladiator Custom Mouthguards is the industry leader in custom mouthguards — at a quarter of the dentist price!

And only a Gladiator Custom Mouthguard gives you a choice of 18 solid color options, logos — from our free or metallic logo options to team logos or something even more personal — and personal IDs. Who said safety had to be boring?

Don’t be a horror movie cliché. Make the safe choice and avoid real danger with the protection and comfort of a Gladiator custom mouthguard. Learn more at the link below.

Avoid Danger, Make The Safe Choice

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.