Sports Mouthguards
Protect Your Smile Wear A Mouth Protector During Sports!
The main purpose of mouthguards is to reduce the incidence and severity of injuries that occur during participation in sporting events.
Mouthguards Prevent and Protect:
- oral tissues from teeth; prevent lacerations
- front teeth from fractures
- concussions by acting as a shock absorber
- fractures to the jaw
- against neck injuries
Facts:
- An athlete is 60 times more likely to sustain injury to the teeth when not wearing a mouthguard.
- The cost of mouthguards is small when compared with the cost of medical and dental treatment of sports injuries.
- Nearly 200,000 oral injuries every year are prevented by the use of mouthguards.