Mouthguards

Athletic Mouthguards - Sports Dentistry

Participants in sporting and recreational activities are often susceptible to oral injury. To reduce the incidence and severity of sports-related oral trauma, the use of a properly fitted mouthguard is recommended in any athletic or recreational activity that carries a risk of injury.

By providing a resilient, protective surface to distribute and dissipate transmitted forces on impact, mouthguards can minimize the risks of sustaining trauma to the hard or soft tissues (such as chipped, luxated or avulsed teeth; maxillary or mandibular fractures; lip lacerations and other injuries to the gingivae, tongue or mucosa) or minimize the severity of that trauma.

Such injuries are common not only to high-risk contact sports such as boxing, hockey, rugby and lacrosse, but also to other, less obviously hazardous sports (for instance, basketball and baseball) and noncontact activities (for instance, gymnastics and in-line skating).