Sports Guard Airdrie

A sports guard is an appliance that people wear to protect their teeth from damage while undertaking their favourite athletic activities. Every year, millions of teeth are lost or damaged on sports fields due to the absence of a sports mouthguard, or a poorly fitting one that does little to protect the teeth.

Mouthguards are designed to keep the teeth in good condition and can also provide protection if you are hit in the jaw.

Injuries to the teeth occur most often in sports activities, which often mean there is a need to replace lost or damaged teeth when subject to a forceful blow such as impact from an elbow or foot.

Additionally, being hit at the base of the skull from a vertically directed blow could result in concussion. In the case of both of these events, a mouthguard may play a significant role in preventing injury. Sports guards play the role of relieving any stress targeted at the front teeth in a collision by dispersing and absorbing the energy involved.

Athletes are 60 times more likely to sustain teeth damage when they do not wear a gum shield for protection. Allegedly, a sports mouthguard and face guard prevent approximately 200,000 college and high school football injuries annually.

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Every athlete who takes part in a contact sport has approximately a 10% probability every season of sustaining an orofacial injury

Each year in hospitals throughout Canada there are hundreds of victims of damaged or lost teeth that are treated due to sports injuries, which can cost thousands of dollars per victim.

The total replacement cost of an avulsed tooth when the tooth has been pulled right out of its socket may exceed the cost of a custom made mouthguard by 20 times.

If you think it is time to protect your teeth, we may be able to prepare a suitable mouthguard, which offers comfort, is of a suitable thickness, and is designed to provide your teeth with protection they need. We will check your past dental history and take it into consideration as well as the sport you participate in before a suitable mouthguard is prepared.

We recommend the wearing of custom athletic mouth guards for a variety of sports, ranging from acrobatics, football, hockey, wrestling, even surfing, and many other sports that may involve contact with another person or an object.

A correctly made mouthguard by our dental team at You First Dental in Airdrie can help to protect your teeth from a surprise impact and cost of future repairs.

If you play a lot of contact sports then it may be time to get serious about protecting your mouth. There are many different types of mouthguard which can be devised here at You First Dental in Airdrie and you never know when one just might help to protect you if you have an accident out on the field or the ice.

You can schedule a complimentary consultation with us to discuss your options for a mouth guard together.

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