National Sports Youth Foundation estimates that over 5 million teeth will be knocked out this year during sporting activities. This trauma will happen to elementary, high school and college level athletes. In fact, dental injuries are the most common type of trauma sustained during participation in sports. Dental injuries could be significantly reduced or eliminated if children, teenagers and adults wore mouthguards when participating in many different kinds of sports such as football, basketball, volleyball, softball, soccer, boxing, martial arts, biking, rollerblading, kickboxing, hockey and many more. Keep in mind that the total cost of rehabilitating a single knocked-out tooth is approximately 20 times the cost of a preventive professional grade mouthguard.

Although mouthguards can be found in all sporting goods stores, we recommend a professional custom fitted mouth guard for you or your child. Boil and byte type mouthguard typically found in the stores do not fit as accuratelyl as custom fitted mouthguards do. They are often uncomfortable and frequently interfere with breathing and speaking ability of the athlete. Having your mouthguard custom made for you or your child will ensure that it will provide adequate protection and will be worn.