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| Why is so important to wear a mouthguard? |
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The scope of mouthguard protection goes beyond protecting breaking teeth and varies from sport to sport.
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In combat sports such as Boxe, MMA, Jiu Jitsu, Muaythai, TKD, Wrestling, among others, the main function of a mouthguard is to absorb and to dissipate the impacts. By doing so, it helps to prevent cerebral injuries, jaw breaking and injuries of the chin junction while also indirectly preventing cervical column injuries. It is proven that the use of mouthguards reduces significantly the chance of a KO. Specifically in the mouth, in addition to reduce the risk of broken teeth, mouthguards protect against root re-absorption condition, which is basically the reaction of the teeth root against long lasting and continual impacts. It is a quiet condition and when diagnosed usually it is too late and teeth are already loose. As mouthguards dissipate impacts, the root feels fewer impacts and suffers much less.
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In contact sports such as as basketball, rugby, handball, football, soccer, water polo, hockey, among others, mouthguards also serve to absorb and to dissipate impacts against elbows and shoulders, the most common ones and those that can cause serious injuries. The same happens in extreme sports, such as street skating or mountain biking where the possibility of a strong collision exists. In these cases, mouthguards should complement other equipment, such as helmets.
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In other sports, such as jogging, mouthguards serve to alleviate the tension of the jaw and help avoid excessive wear in the surface of the teeth. If after jogging one feels some pain in the jaw that means one is tensioning it during practice. In the long term this attrition could damage teeth and cause the same problems as bruxism (grinding the teeth while sleeping), which is abnormal wear patterns of the occasional surface, ab-fractions and fractures in the teeth, not to mention the aesthetic factor that is harmed. This is also true in bodybuilding and lift-weighting, in which athletes tend to extremely tension the jaw during practice.
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| Types of Mouthguards |
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Therefore, the correct use of mouthguards prevent injuries that are easy to see and the ones that are not so obvious. However, one should choose the right type of mouthguard. There are basically four types of mouthguards
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Type l -One Size Fits All. Not manufactured anymore. After all, every mouth is unique.
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Type II -Boil and Bite, cheap, low quality material, adjusts to mouth after put in hot water. With some use gets loose in the mouth, which increases saliva, hurting speech and reducing air intake. Low protection level. Low life span.
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Type III -Vacuum made after dental impression. Usually thickness is not enough. Equipment and material used are already outmoded. Doesn't allow personalization.
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Type IV -Laminated mouthguards. Also made after a dental impression. Layers of material are put together by last generation equipment. High life span, High protection level. Research had discovered that laminated mouthguards use the same principle as bullet proof glasses: dissipate the impact. Bullet proof glasses are manufactured with several lawyers of materials and glue to the glass one by one.
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Forcefield (R) Mouthguards are Type IV. With the advantage that it perfectly fits your mouth and it is the only in the market that can be personalized to the limit. You deserve the best!
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