Mouth Protectors

Mouth guards, which we also refer to as athletic mouth protectors, protect teeth during sports. Mouth guards are made of a soft plastic and come in a standard or custom fit. Custom-fit mouth guards are more comfortable and provide better protection than do standard mouth guards.

Mouth Guards Avert Many Injuries

The most common dental injuries for children are sport-related and can be easily prevented with a mouth guard. Traumas during sports practice or from contact sports could break bones in the face, lacerate oral soft tissue, or knock out teeth. Keeping your child’s teeth protected during sporting events is essential, and mouth guards offer the best way to keep your child’s cheeks, gums, lips, and teeth protected from sports related injuries.

Custom Mouth Guards Provide More Protection

During sporting events and even practice sessions, the best way to keep your child’s teeth protected is to ensure your child is wearing a custom mouth guard from the dentist. Custom mouth guards are the most effective in preventing oral injury. Professional athletes wear custom mouth guards for a reason, and that reason is to effectively maintain their safety. Since custom mouth guards are made with flexible materials and customized by a dental professional for your child’s mouth, they fit perfectly and comfortably.

Mouth Guards at Jamboree Dentistry

Jamboree Dentistry provides mouth guards. If you’re in Houston, contact us to schedule an appointment to make sure your child’s teeth are thoroughly protected. We provide pediatric dentistry in Houston. Contact us for more information, today.

Most children’s injuries due to sports occur to the mouth and head area, especially the dental area, when there’s zero prevention. Facial traumas during sports could break bones in the face, lacerate oral soft tissue, or knock out teeth. Dental injuries for your child can be easily prevented with mouth guards. Mouth guards prevent injuries due to sports by thoroughly protecting the mouth and surrounding facial features, including the following:

• Teeth
• Lips
• Cheeks
• Tongue
• Jaw bone

Head and neck injuries, including concussions, are also prevented with custom-fitted mouth guards. A custom-fitted mouth guard developed by a pediatric dentist will protect your child from injuries to the teeth, face, and even provide protection from severe injuries to the head.

Custom Mouth Guards from the Dentist

During sporting events and even practice sessions, the best way to keep your child’s teeth protected is to ensure your child is wearing a custom mouth guard from the dentist. Professional athletes all wear mouth guards, and these guards help to prevent teeth from being chipped, broken, or knocked out. Since they are made with flexible materials and customized by a dental professional for your child’s mouth, they fit perfectly and comfortably.

Your child should wear a mouth guard during any sports-based activity where there is a risk of head, face, or neck injury. The most common dental injuries for children are sport-related and can be easily prevented with a mouth guard.

Children should wear mouth guards when playing the following sports:

• Hockey
• Soccer
• Karate
• Basketball
• Baseball
• Skating
• Skateboarding
• And, really, all other contact sports

Mouth Guards Prevent Children’s Sports Injuries

Dental injuries for your child can be easily prevented with mouth guards. Professional athletes all wear mouth guards, and these guards help to prevent teeth from being broken or knocked out.

A custom-fitted mouth guard developed by a pediatric dentist will protect your child from injuries to the teeth, face, and even provide protection from severe injuries to the head. Since they are made with flexible materials and customized by a dental professional for your child’s mouth, they fit perfectly and comfortably.

Choose a mouth guard that is comfortable for your child. If a mouth guard feels bulky or greatly affects your child’s speech, it is not appropriate for your child.

Children’s Mouth Guard Options

There are many options in mouth guards. Most guards are found in athletic stores or customized at a dental practice.

Non-Customized Mouth Guards

The mouth guards found in athletic and other stores are non-customized and vary in comfort, protection, as well as cost. The least expensive mouth guards are generally the least effective in preventing oral injuries.

Customized Mouth Guards

Customized mouth guards are generally more expensive than store-bought mouth guards, but they are extremely higher in comfort and shock absorbency. Customized mouth guards are the most effective in preventing oral injury.