Teeth Protection and Athletic Mouth Guards.

As an Orlando Dentist I get many calls if our office makes athletic mouth Guards. Yes, Yes , we do and it is important that if your children are involved with sports they should wear a professionally made mouth guard. The mouth Guard that is professionally made will cushion the anterior teeth better and redistribute the forces from a direct frontal blow. Picture your son or daughter falling off a bike or getting hit in a basketball game. It will send chills down your spine. A mouth Guard can and will help. It is estimated by the National Youth Sports foundation that more that 5 million teeth will be knocked out in sports activities this year. Last year it was found that wearing a mouth guard in football prevented over 200,000 orofacial injuries annually.
Professionally made mouth guards by the Dentist are the ones you want to invest in for your children. The adaptation of the material to the teeth will be better and will not pull away from the teeth. Secondly, even after long periods of wear there will be negligible deformation of the guard. These professionally made ones can be thickened as needed. Custom made so to speak. We can have the ability with these that you dont have with the store bought ones ; and that is to insert a hard polycarbonate layer between soft ethyl vinyl acetate. This is were your special protection comes in. It also gives the athlete a aggressive edge knowing they have this protection. You can wear these longer and will not hinder growth of the adult teeth. You will know when a new one is needed for your child, because it just wont fit as well. This is the way to go when you have active children. The inside of the mouth guard is in the same family of the trays we make for teeth whitening. Call and get your kids in today for impressions for there mouth guards.