Sports Mouthguards - professionally fitted custom sports Mouthguards

Mouthguards

Mouthguards are not all created equal! Comparing professionally fabricated, custom sports mouthguards with Boil and Bite type mouthguards reveals significant differences. ERKODENT type mouthguards fit exactly onto the teeth, do not move and allow you to breath freely and after a short time of adaptation, to speak normally.

The ERKODENT custom laminated mouthguards are micron accurate and can provide 10 times more protection than a boil and bite mouthguard.

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Mouthguards for Sport



This serious trauma was caused by an elbow blow. It could have been avoided if the player had been wearing a PLAYSAFE mouthguard.


Here some statistics to support the use of Mouthguards:

  • More than 5 million teeth are lost every year in sporting activities in the USA.
  • In American Football, where mouthguards are mandatory, only 0.07% of all injuries involved teeth and the oral cavity.
  • In basketball where mouth-guards are not worn, 34% of all injuries involved teeth and/or the oral cavity.
  • More than 200,000 oral injuries are prevented annually in the USA by sports mouthguards.

Obviously dental injuries could be significantly reduced if children, teenagers and adults wore custom fabricated mouthguards. The (national) economical aspect:

According to Dr. Ray Padilla, the total rehabilitation costs for a single knocked out tooth are more than 20 times the preventive cost for a custom laminated, professional grade mouthguard.