Personalized mouth guards are not only for athletic footballers or aggressive hockey girls. If you or kids are playing a contact game like basketball, or racing sports e.g., bicycle moto-cross (BMX). There is a high risk of injury to mouth or worse to the teeth or jaws when playing these sports. Mouth/ dental injuries can be particularly nasty, painful affairs that in some cases result in deformity.
Of course, since you have some of the best dental clinics in Dubai near you,you can be sure of best dental care, but there is no need to take a risk. Ensure that you and your children wear a sports mouthpiece personalized for you. Pick the mouth protection meant for the particular sport e.g.,lip and mouth guard for football.
Types of mouthguards/ sports guards:
The best dental mouth guard is the one that is made for you and the sport you play.You can buy ready-made preformed guards, plastic mouth guards and similar mouth safety aids off the shelf from the market or even online. No doubt, some of them are high quality mouth guards but they are made based on average dimensions. They may not be comfortable (unless you have perfect teeth) and may or not give you the level of protection you need. Custom personalized mouth guards on the other hand are made for you.The dentist takes the impression of your teeth and works with dental labs to prepare a mouth guard custom molded to suit your dental structure that includes jawbones, gums and teeth. The personalized sports guards fit perfectly, are comfortable and give you better protection.
Anti-teeth Grinding mouthpiece:
Bruxism is a condition that many children and even some adults have. Despite its alarming name, bruxism is just grinding teeth or clenching jaws too tightly. Most of the children grow out of the habit but in some cases the problem is serious enough to actually wear out the teeth. kid’s mouth guard is a good devise to prevent grinding of teeth and are available in medical stores.
But, here again the fit may not be comfortable or may not prevent grinding. Entrusting jawbones still in formation stage to ready-made mouthguards doesn’t sound a sound idea. It is best to have an experienced dentist to test and devise a personalized professional mouth guard for grinding teeth for the kid.
Lastly, in case you have already suffered a sports injury (when not wearing a sports guard) do come over to the clinic. Apart from treating the injury, the dentist will help you with the best smile makeover possible.
