Custom Mouth Guards
Get the Perfect Fit With a Custom Mouth Guard
Are you playing contact sports? Are you playing it safe? Each year thousands of Australian
children and adults get treated for traumatic sports related dental injuries. All of these
can easily be minimised or prevented by wearing a good fitting mouthguard.
The Australian Dental Association and Sports Medicine Australia have a “mouthguard policy”
and recommend a mouthguard to be worn by all sportsperson during training and games. All
clubs have been mandated to operate a strict “No Mouthguard, No Play” policy.
Whichever contact sport you are enjoying, make sure you have the right fitting mouth guard.
You know how hard it can be to find the perfect fit in stock mouthguard available at
pharmacies or the super-shopee. The wrong mouth guard can make things worse and are more
harmful than protective. They tend to slip off and are loose and do not protect your teeth
and haw bones from atraumatic injury. That is why you need a custom mouth guard from Amelia
Street Dental Clinic.
What is a Custom Mouth Guard?
A mouth guard is a removable dental device made of a high strength specialised
material ...
that you place over your teeth and gums. It covers all the teeth and its
purpose is to keep your teeth, gums and jaw bones protected in an event of a
traumatic sport injury or a fall.
Mouth guards are available over-the-counter, but the chances of finding the
right fit are slim —especially if you have uneven teeth.
A mouth guard that does not fit correctly is very difficult to keep in the mouth
and often falls out thus offering no protection. A poorly fitting mouthguard can
be detrimental to your jaw joint resulting in pain soreness of the muscles of
mastication.
A custom mouth guard is the solution. We fabricate a mouth guard that is
designed to perfectly fit your mouth and protect your teeth and thereby offer
optimum protection to your teeth, gums, and jaw bones.
Do You Need a Custom Mouth Guard?
You might need a custom mouth guard if:...
• You play contact sports or participate in an activity where collision is
likely and need to protect your mouth.
• Common Australian sports like AFL, rugby, boxing, hockey often have
intentional collisions which is part of the game. Other sports like martial
arts, skating etc are also quite risky. It’s a “No brainer” to use custom
mouthguards for such sporting activities.
• You have not been able to find the right fit with OTC products.
Why Get a Custom Mouth Guard?
• Only a custom mouth guard perfectly fits your teeth and gums, keeping them
appropriately aligned. ...
A custom mouth guard will offer you superior performance over
an over-the-counter mouth guard.
• Because a custom mouth guard is moulded and fabricated to fit your mouth, it
is more comfortable to wear than an OTC mouth guard.
• Our modern mouth guards are made of dual layer of flexible, soft but strong
material. This inside surface is soft and gives a cushioning effect to the teeth
and the outside surface is hard and rigid giving it the strength. They are about
4mm in thickness making them less obtrusive to wear than old-fashioned mouth
guards.
• Dental sports injuries can result in time off school or work. They are painful
and disfiguring and often involves costly, lengthy, and complex treatment. The
cost of the mouthguard is negligible as compared to the cost of treating a
dental injury.
Types of Custom Made Mouthguards
Bimaxillary mouthgaurds: They are fabricated to fit both the Upper and Lower teeth.
They have a small space ...
in the front for breathing. These offer the best protection
but require a few weeks to get adjusted to. Professional players are recommended
to use these.
Maxillary mouthguards: These are the most common and fit only the upper teeth.
They also give adequate protection.
Both these types have a dual layer (inner soft layer which gives a cushioning
effect and passive fit and a outer hard layer to give adequate protection) . The
material used in Ethyl vinyl acetate (EVA) which is available in different
strengths and thickness which are then laminated together.
How We fabricate Your Custom Mouth Guard
We make it fast and easy for you to get a personalized mouth guard. Here is how our
process works: ...
1. Come in for your consultation. During your visit, we discuss your reasons for
ordering a custom mouth guard so we can make sure that this is the right plan
for achieving your goals. We also take an impression of your mouth.
2. We use these impressions to make a plaster cast.
3. Next, we design your custom mouth guard using these plaster casts. Factors
like age, number of teeth erupted, position and alignment of teeth, teeth which
are most likely to be injured in an accidental injury are considered before
designing a mouthguard. The same is conveyed to the dental technician for
perfect fabrication.
4. The custom mouthguard is then fabricated as per our specification.
5. Come in for your next visit after 4-5 days. This is when we check the fit of
your mouth guard. As it fabricated in the dental laboratory using your models,
most adjustments are already done. But if any further adjustments are needed, we
do them now.
That is it! Wear your custom mouth guard for the protection during sports and
have a restful night of sleep after athletic events.
Caring for Your Custom Mouth Guard
To keep your custom mouth guard in tiptop shape: ...
• Rinse and brush your mouth guard after you take it out of your mouth.
• Make sure you allow your mouth guard to dry off fully.
• Put the mouth guard in the case we provide for storage.
How often do you need to change your custom mouthguard?
In growing child aged 6 and above, custom mouthguards need to be changed every 12
months at least ...
as the old mouthguard will not fit precisely due to the loss of baby
teeth, eruption of adult teeth and change in the jaw structure, braces.
Adults may have to change their mouthguard if there is any change in their
existing dentition. (ie, loss of tooth, new crowns etc.)
The rule of the thumb is “If it does not fit snugly, change it.”
Note on Over the Counter Mouthguards
These are not recommended as they are loose and offer less protection and often fall out of the mouth during an accidental injury.
Get the Custom Fit Mouth Guard You Need for Comfort and Health
Picture finally having the perfect fit with your mouth guard. With a custom mouth
guard from Amelia Street Dental Clinic, you can get the protection you need.
We offer affordable pricing as well as the option for financing. With our
collaboration with a state-of-the-art dental laboratory and contemporary materials,
you can look forward to the ultimate in protection, comfort and peace of mind.
Patients throughout (City/State) have been able to protect their teeth and gums
during athletic events with our custom mouth guards.