Mouthguards

Bid farewell to fitting in a DIY mouthguard for your young children at home with very warm water and a not so agreeable patient!

Don’t settle for a dropping mouthguard or continually struggling to ‘obtain the right fit’, as we are here to really help you with a made-to-order mouthguard. It basically takes one 5 min scheduled time and the results will likely have you never reaching for a retail over the counter mouthguard kit again.

Elsternwick Denture Clinic offers a customized mouthguard solution for any ages to protect you or your young child’s teeth when engaging in recreational sports. A mouthguard is clear or tinted and fits over your teeth snugly to safeguard from potential harm while playing contact sports and accidental blows to the mouth. We take moulds of your teeth and create your mouthguard in our dental laboratory to precisely go over your teeth and gums to create a protected, protecting and essentially a comfortable fit.

If you or your teen engages in recreational sporting activities that are physically demanding, a mouthguard may well be obligatory. However if a mouthguard is not compulsory for the game it is essential to take procedures to provide protection to the teeth from a mishap, drop or knock on the game ground, court or sports area. A mouth guard is a great precaution strategy against dental injury from unintentioned knocks to the teeth. We wish to aid in securing you or your young one’s teeth against unnecessary injuries, discomfort (and also expenditure) related to a missing tooth or teeth as well as future implications.

Different sorts of mouthguards

There are a number of different kinds of mouthguards readily available on the current market today, consisting of custom mouthguards by a dental professional, single layer for primary students or laminated overlay for adults and teenagers or the ‘over the counter boil and bite’ mouthguards.

Custom made mouthguards are a quality option yet not always the most pricey!

We often hear from parents and patients who inform us they go through numerous boil and bite mouthguards from the chemist or retail store during the sports season as they are looking for one that fits effectively or it becomes loose and doesn’t fit properly anymore so they need to replace it. Therefore, are not usually the most budget friendly alternative offered as they cost less initially but obviously don’t last and may need to be replaced multiple times. We have several patients and parents who use their private health insurance as payment is either entirely covered or the gap may be less than a retail alternative.

FAQ

What is a custom fitted mouthguard?

A custom-made fit or individualized mouthguard is formed to fit over your teeth for the mouthguard to provide optimum protection and comfort. In addition we create a reproduction of a plaster mould of your teeth just incase your mouthguard gets damaged or you lose it, and the mouthguard itself provides convenience and acts as strong security for your teeth against being hit during sport.

Why do some mouthguards have two layers?

A standard mouthguard is a single layer offering protection and is softer than a twin laminate mouthguard which has an added thin transparent overlay over a standard guard to produce a mouthguard a lot more protective for the older teenager and adults for specific games like football and hockey. At the same time your name may be put in between the coatings for ID purposes.

My youngsters teeths are continually growing

We create mouthguards for younger patients with emerging teeth to allow space for the teeth to grow and so the mouthguard still fits for the sports season.