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Dr Jodi Danna, DDS explains: Sports are a natural place for injuries to the mouth to occur. The National Youth Sports Foundation estimates that 5 million teeth will be knocked out in sporting activities this year alone! In fact, dental injuries are the most common type of orofacial injury sustained during sports participation. An excellent example of this is football. Mouth guards are mandatory in football and only .07% of all injuries involved the teeth and the mouth. In basketball, where mouth guards are not mandatory and are rarely worn, 34% of all injuries were to the teeth or mouth. Dental injuries can be significantly reduced if custom fabricated sport guards are worn. According to Dr. Ray Padilla, an active member in the Academy for Sports Dentistry, the lifetime dental rehabilitation costs can approach several thousand dollars per tooth for an athlete who looses a tooth or teeth in a sporting injury. The rehabilitation costs for a SINGLE knocked out tooth are more than 20 times the cost of a preventative professional grade mouth guard. So what is the difference between those boil and bite guards you can get at the store and a guard made by your dentist? Boil and Bite guards are not made to fit to your teeth specifically and are many times uncomfortable and interfere with the athletes breathing and speaking ability. These guards can provide a false sense of protection due to the dramatic decrease in thickness when the athlete bites into it during its softened state. Professional mouth guards are made specifically to fit your teeth. They are made of several layers of hardened laminated material and are available in a variety of protection levels depending on the sport your athlete will be involved with. They also come in great colors and some can have your athletes name embedded directly into the guard. Call our office and we will be happy to discuss your mouth guard options with you! For more information go to http://www.DannaSmile.com