Sports dentistry covers the prevention and treatment of oral and facial injuries incurred by participants competing in any sporting event. While sports injuries are common — especially those to the mouth, teeth and jaw — many can be avoided or minimized with the use of a properly fitted dental mouthguard.
Our Gahanna sports dentists know from experience that mouthguards are not only essential for football players, boxers and hockey players. Athletes in many non-contact sports such as roller blading, gymnastics, soccer, volleyball, baseball, wrestling and skateboarding experience unnecessary injuries to their teeth, mouth and jaw that can be prevented by wearing mouthguards properly fitted by our Gahanna sports dentist.
The overall cost of repairing a tooth well exceeds the minor cost of a properly fitted mouthguard. Our Gahanna mouth guard dentists can ensure proper fit and function of your child’s mouthguard to help prevent costly and debilitating oral or facial injuries during sports participation.
Sports mouthguards are worn over your upper teeth to protect against injury during sports participation. A properly fitted mouthguard should be sturdy and durable, easy to clean, comfortable, resist tears, and should not restrict breathing or talking. Our Gahanna Dentist will create a custom mouthguard designed to protect your teeth from a contact injury to your mouth or facial area.
The generic stock or ‘boil and bite’ mouthguards bought at sporting good stores without a sports dentist do not offer adequate support for an athlete’s teeth. Everyone’s teeth have unique characteristics — and age, gender, sport, competition level and position all play important roles in the type of mouthguard your child needs to properly protect their teeth and jaw.
For patients who wear braces or another fixed dental appliance, your Gahanna Sports dentist will create a mouthguard for your lower teeth as well.
To learn more about Gahanna mouthguard dentist Dawn Baker DDS or to request an appointment, please contact us here or call our office directly at (614) 475-7580.