{"id":54482,"date":"2021-03-29T21:02:47","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T21:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demo.dentalvibe.com\/dental-glossary\/athletic-mouth-guards-mouth-guards\/"},"modified":"2021-04-06T19:30:05","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T19:30:05","slug":"athletic-mouth-guards-mouth-guards","status":"publish","type":"dental-glossary","link":"https:\/\/dentalvibe.com\/bn\/dental-glossary\/athletic-mouth-guards-mouth-guards\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0985\u09cd\u09af\u09be\u09a5\u09b2\u09c7\u099f\u09bf\u0995 \u09ae\u09be\u0989\u09a5 \u0997\u09be\u09b0\u09cd\u09a1\u09b8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Athletic Mouth Guards are customarily worn for protection as a part of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Protective_gear_in_sports\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">personal \/ uniform safety requirements<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in many high-risk contact sporting events such as:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Football<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">soccer<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boxing<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hockey<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Raquetball<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wrestling<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Baseball<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Basketball<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Surfing<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Polo<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cricket<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&amp; Many More<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An injury to the face or mouth can happen even in non-contact sports that are physically demanding and strenuous, such as:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gymnastics<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Any type of Skating<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Biking and\/or Cycling<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boarding<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Skiing<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Climbing<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Racing<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Running<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are some intense occupations that also make use of athletic mouth guards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Such as :<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being a soldier<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Professional Bull Riding<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jet piloting<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being an Astronaut<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Are All Athletic Mouth Guards The Same?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No, Sports mouth guards are not all the same. Mouth guards are designed for different impacts that are most common in sports. so a football player would not wear the same kind of mouth guard as let&#8217;s say a\/an Soccer Player.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The are different options for sports mouth guards too.<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some can be attached to helmets or shirts so they don&#8217;t get lost while running a field<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some are unattached for more freedom for soccer players and basketball players<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some cover only the top teeth and come with or without a lip guard<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some have a separate top and bottom guard<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some have a top and bottom guard that are not separate<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some have a hole on top for better oxygen intake while your clamping down on the guard with your teeth and running.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some are your standard plastic acrylic etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some are for medical use repairing or treating conditions instead of for prevention.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>There is plenty to choose from but the ultimate choice depends on:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sport you wish to play<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your dental health care provider<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The amount of money you have<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The size and shape of your mouth<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether or not you want a custom fit<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether or not you want to choose flavored or non flavored<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The amount of protection that is neededthe size and shape of your mouth<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Advancements In Athletic Mouth Guards<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonspediatricdentist.com\/blog\/the-tooth-shattering-history-of-mouthguards\/#:~:text=Mouthguards%20Work&amp;text=By%201962%2C%20all%20high%20school,that%20they%20protect%20their%20teeth.\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mouth guards have been essential safety gear in professional sports since 1962<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. They have been around much longer than that. By the late 1920&#8217;s it was boxing that popularized mouth guards, when chipped teeth began to plague the industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since then, Sports medicine has had recent groundbreaking technology that has led to some amazing and crucial advancements in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dentistryiq.com\/dentistry\/pediatric-dentistry\/article\/16348536\/mouthguard-evolution\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the evolution of athletic\/sport mouth guards.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Some of the best advancements towards improving mouth guards include:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Slimmer Fitting<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A More Ergonomical design<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hole Modifications Designed for Better Breathing<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Different flavored Mouth Guards<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Better Customizations<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>A Slimmer Fit<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Making the mouth guard easier to fit inside your mouth helps in several ways. It&#8217;s easier to clamp down on and doesn&#8217;t block your breathing as much as the older models do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>A More Ergonomical Design\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">makes your mouth guard feel less like you just stuck a giant lump of plastic into your mouth and more like something that was specially designed to go inside of your mouth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Hole Modifications for Better Breathing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Holes in the roof of sports mouth guards can now give you better breathing and oxygen flow with less interruption, restricting your breathing when your mouth is clamped down onto the guard and your breathing is rapid from exertion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Different Flavored Mouth Guards\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adding different flavors to mouth guard helps to trick your mind into locking onto the mouth guard while you&#8217;re running, Plus it&#8217;s a luxury when your mouth has started to go dry from all the running and exerting yourself, while engaged in the sport of your choice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Better Customizations\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now you can really be unique out on the field, court, or ring, with the amazing customization options that are available today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adding flare and style.Now you can set yourself apart from your the other members on your sports team. There is even a sports mouth guard that gives the viewer the illusion you are sucking on a pacifier.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Popularized by NFL superstars, the customization business for mouth guards has really rose to the challange of incorporating different personal touches and amazing art, decals, color, and textures in their designing.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Using Mouth Guards To Prevent Sport Injuries<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The biggest improvements have come with Opro-mouth guard and their cutting edge technology, called <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.protechtgroup.com\/blog\/nrl-national-rugby-league-risk-management-system\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PROTECHT<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Sports and Wellbeing Analytics (SWA), has since fine tuned the OPRO +, allowing it to record and and share real time data it receives on head <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthline.com\/health\/head-injury\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">imapacts<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Preventing More Than Just Mouth Injuries<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now with the data that is sent to medical staff during sporting events from the Opro + mouth guard, it will help health professionals make informed decisions in real time, when a player has suffered a concussion. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opromouthguards.com\/news\/post\/history-of-the-mouthguard\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Effectively protecting the modern athlete from both mouth injuries and from undiagnosed concussions.<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","dental-glossary-categories":[4517,4516,4543],"class_list":["post-54482","dental-glossary","type-dental-glossary","status-publish","hentry","dental-glossary-categories-a","dental-glossary-categories-all","dental-glossary-categories-terms-and-procedures"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dentalvibe.com\/bn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dental-glossary\/54482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dentalvibe.com\/bn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dental-glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dentalvibe.com\/bn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/dental-glossary"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dentalvibe.com\/bn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dentalvibe.com\/bn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dental-glossary\/54482\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dentalvibe.com\/bn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"dental-glossary-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dentalvibe.com\/bn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dental-glossary-categories?post=54482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}