When It Comes To Mouthguards, Custom Is Worth The Cost

When pricing athletic equipment for your team, how long do you spend debating generic, boil-and-bite mouthguards for $5 a piece versus a custom mouthguard for each player at $45 a guard?

Probably not long. After all, mouthguards are just one of the dozen pieces of sports equipment you need to purchase for every member of your squad and you have to prioritize your budget.

But with player safety as important as ever, you owe it to your players to make custom mouthguards a top priority — on par with jerseys, helmets and shoes or cleats. Here’s why custom mouthguards are worth the cost:

1. Athletes don’t like wearing mouthguards…

…Because they are typically cumbersome and uncomfortable. There’s a reason boil-and-bite guards are so inexpensive: they’re chunks of rubber that are chewed through and turned unrecognizable almost instantly. Players leave them 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.

At the end of the season, are you really only spending $5 per player on mouthguards, or are you finding that each athlete needs multiple boil-and-bites as the year progresses?

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. That’s why custom mouthguards outlast boil-and-bite guards 5-to-1. And because their mouthguards won’t be floating around their mouths, your players are able to communicate and breathe clearly, which actually increases performance.

2. What does breathing have to do with performance?

Everything.

The more oxygen an athlete takes in, the more enhanced their performance and endurance becomes. That’s why so many athletes wear nasal strips. Breathing clearly and uninhibited helps your players play faster and stronger, perform at peak levels and outlast their opponents.

Custom mouthguards are designed for optimal oxygen flow, and because they are crafted to perfectly fit your players’ mouths they are the most comfortable mouthguards available. While athletes wearing boil-and-bites are busy fidgeting with their mouthguards on the field, your players are busy running them off the field.

And even players with braces get the comfort and protection they need with custom mouthguards.

3. Custom mouthguards help complete a player’s game face.

As mentioned earlier, players have a tendency to leave their chewed up, gross mouthguards on the field. Have you ever seen them leave their jersey or warm up gear? Not on purpose.

With a completely personalized mouthguard — from color and logo to name and number — your athletes don’t just get another piece of equipment, but a new item of team gear they value as much as their jersey. It gives them an identity. 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.

When your players are at their locker preparing for game time — after they pull their jerseys over their pads, tie their shoes or skates, put on their eye black — that last piece of ritual becomes placing their very own custom mouthguard in their mouth. And their game face is complete. It’s game time.

Find out why custom mouthguards outlast boil-and-bite guards 5-to-1 with Gladiator Custom Mouthguards, the industry-leader in custom mouthguards.

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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.