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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 [...]

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 [...]

Why Dentists Need to Take Impressions of Your Teeth

As I’ve been assisting the third and fourth-year dental students in the clinic over the past couple of years, I’ve had the opportunity of taking quite a few impressions on many different patients. I think the whole impression and plaster pouring ordeal is kind of interesting.  However, many students and patients don’t seem to love [...]

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 [...]

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