When do you need a mouthguard?

Anyone who participates in a sport that carries a risk of contact to the face should wear a mouthguard. This includes obvious sports such as football, boxing and rugby, and also collision sports where unexpected contact often happens. These include basketball, hockey, water polo, lacrosse, netball, baseball, softball, squash, soccer, BMX bike riding, horse riding, skateboarding, in-line skating, trampolining, water skiing and snow ski racing.

Why do you need a mouthguard?

A mouthguard helps absorb the shock experienced by a blow to the face, which might otherwise result in an injury to the mouth or jaw. A heavy collision can result in chipped or broken teeth, internal damage to a tooth, tooth loss, injuries to the soft tissue of the mouth, and, in severe cases, concussion or a broken jaw. Injuries like these can lead to long and potentially expensive treatment to restore teeth back to normal function and appearance.

When should you wear a mouthguard?

Mouthguards should be worn when playing and training for any sport that could involve contact to the face.

Why Buff-Tuff mouthguard material?

The BUFF-TUFF Mouthguard Laminate is a revolutionary new material! It has been carefully manufactured with a patented Cross-Graining technique for a truly tough and consistent material. Cross-Graining offers extra strength and an overall uniform thickness of a finished mouthguard. Ask your Dental Lab about BUFF-TUFF Mouthguard Laminate today!

This mouthguard information has been provided from the www.ada.org.au website