If you or a family member play sports or enjoy other activities that could risk damaged teeth, then you need a sport guard. This can provide protection to prevent injury to your smile! Instead of using a simple store-bought option, why not seek a custom sports guard from Delightful Dental Care in Kansas City, MO!
When Smiles Need Protection
If you play sports, box, or practice martial arts, there is a real risk of injury to your smile. You could have a tooth chipped, cracked, or even knocked loose or out completely. You could also sustain injuries to your gums, cheeks, jawbone, and orthodontics or restorations. But to help protect these parts of your smile, we can offer a custom sports guard. You then avoid the risk of injury, and related complications like tooth decay and dental infection.
The Difference Custom Appliances Make
While you can easily buy a boil-and-bite option, this version will only provide minimal protection and tends to be short lived, requiring replacement soon, as it changes shape and begins to provide less protection. But with a custom option, we will take images and impressions of your bite to design and craft a custom option that fits your smile specifically. These are more comfortable, provide a greater level of protection, and they can also hold their shape much longer, often as long as a year!
When worn, this helps limit the risk of cracked, chipped, and broken teeth. Your chance of a partially or fully avulsed tooth (knocked-out) is lower too. This also helps safeguard your jawbone and facial bones, and lowers the risk of injury to the face, cheeks, gum tissues, jaw, and more. The appliance is also easy to use, clean, and store.
Other Oral Appliances
We don’t just use custom oral appliances to help protect teeth from injury. We can also create a custom option that is worn at night to help prevent teeth grinding episodes and stop damage to your teeth. One could ease the pain of TMJ disorder, and we could even craft one to help stop chronic snoring and sleep apnea, so you can feel more alert and rested each day. These options are all custom-fitted for treatment with precision and accuracy, and to help guide your smile and boost oral health and bite function too.
If you have any questions about how we use an oral appliance to treat issues like sleep apnea and bruxism, or about how we prevent injuries with a sport guard for kids, teens, and adults, then reach out to our team.
Schedule Your Custom Treatment with Delightful Dental Care
If you want to prevent damaged teeth, talk about a sports guard with Dr. Diana Tabakh, DDS. To schedule your appointment, please call Delightful Dental Care in Kansas City, MO at (816) 942-7669 today.