Tag Archive for ‘Dental Sports Injuries’
Wear A Mouth Guard for These 16 Sports
It’s often said that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Sports mouth guards can not only protect your teeth, but they can protect against many injuries that can occur in and around your mouth. Not convinced? Six reasons why you should wear an athletic mouth guard. Although some sports are riskier [...]
Which Type of Sports Mouth Guard is Best for Your Child?
Did you know that a recent survey by the American Association of Orthodontics found that “70 percent of parents said their biggest fear is that their child will get hurt while playing organized sports, yet 67 percent admitted that their child does not wear a mouth guard during organized sports including football, basketball, soccer and [...]
Practice Safety at the Swimming Pool for Healthy Teeth
Many parts of the United States have already had really hot temperatures this spring. In spite of this, many swimming pools don’t officially open for the summer season until until Memorial Day weekend. Since many people will be out swimming this weekend, I thought I would share a few tips on how to prevent dental [...]
Dark Tooth: Why Your Child Has a Discolored Tooth
If you have kids, you know that they can get themselves into a lot of interesting accidents. Many times when kids get a head injury they knock out a tooth. Other times, they simply hit the tooth really hard and injure it. It has been estimated that 8-30% of kids under 7 suffer an accident [...]
The Differences Between Baby Teeth and Permanent Teeth
Have you ever noticed that baby teeth look like they’re whiter than adult teeth? Or maybe you knocked out a baby tooth when you were a child, but when you had a similar accident when you were older, your permanent tooth got chipped rather than getting knocked out. The two scenarios above can be explained [...]
How to Take Care of Your Custom Athletic Mouthguard
There are many reasons to have the protection of an athletic mouthguard. A mouthguard protects your teeth when you participate in physical activities that are potentially dangerous to your teeth and mouth. But, have you ever thought about what you are doing to protect your mouthguard? Your protective athletic mouthguard is always doing one of [...]
Six Reasons Why You Should Wear a Protective Mouthguard
Common sense dictates that it’s a good idea to wear a mouthguard if you play contact sports or engage in any activity where you could potentially damage your teeth. However, we don’t always do what we know is in our best interest. There are several reasons why people don’t wear mouthguards. Sometimes people don’t know [...]
What to Do When Your Child’s Baby Tooth Gets Knocked Out
What should you do when your child comes to you crying with a bloody mouth and a tooth in their hand? A normal reaction to this scenario is panic. However, if you know what steps to take, you could prevent permanent damage to your child’s teeth. The American Dental Association estimates that by the time [...]
Nine Steps to Take When Your Permanent Tooth Gets Knocked Out of Your Mouth
No matter how careful people are, there always seems to be a way to knock out a tooth. When a tooth gets knocked out, the technical name for this condition is called tooth avulsion. Unfortunately, when a tooth gets knocked out, panic ensues. There may be many people around who “know what to do” and [...]
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