Be wise about PROTECTION for your mouth and teeth for sport. Protective Quality Mouthguards for Sportspeople of Melbourne

At Manchester Unity Dental Centre, we provide professional care and advice to everyone that plays sport. 

To perform well, we need to take care of ourselves. We warm up and warm down and work hard to strengthen muscles to prevent injury. We try to eat and sleep well and may even take special supplements for an extra boost. We may put straps and tapes on to avoid injuries. What about our teeth?

Contact sport and impact to teeth 

If we happened to cop an accidental knock to the face or chin, most of us wouldn't be okay with losing some teeth or suddenly having a complex course of dental treatment to look forward to.

At whatever level you play at, whether you are a professional athlete, amateur, beginner, recreational, social participant, or anything in between, injury to mouth, jaws and teeth can be very serious. Best practice (if not compulsory at your club or gym already) is to wear a well fitting mouthguard and prevent injuries during game play, and during training too. Whenever you're in a situation where accidents or imperfect execution of technique cannot be avoided, risk is there. Even though we can do tremendous work with modern dentistry, usually there will be long term ramifications after dental injuries which are best prevented.