Many sports such as hockey and football involve a high level of physical contact which is dangerous to your teeth. For this reason, sports guards protect your teeth from trauma and are important in preventing concussions, damaged teeth, and nerve damage. Sports guards protect hundreds of thousands of dental injuries each year, and damaged teeth are the most expensive sports injury to fix.

While over-the-counter mouthguards are available and offer some protection, we suggest speaking to the Aurora dental team about a custom-fitted mouthguard. A professionally created mouthguard will help protect the teeth, gums and bone structure by absorbing and redistributing the energy from an impact. By limiting the force of your teeth hitting each other, mouthguards help to minimize the chance of concussions and damaged teeth.

It is much better to be safe than sorry, so if you or your children play sports, make sure to add sports guards to your list of things to get from Aurora E&E Dentsitry!Book an appointment to get a custom-fit mouthguard for you or your child.