Chipped teeth

It took a little while but summer is here and in full swing. The warm weather feels so good after the cold, wet spring. People are spending more time outside enjoying great summer activities. With all the fun people are having outside, a number of our patient have had dental injuries. I have seen a wide array of different injuries from cuts on the mouth and lip to fractured teeth. The causes for all these injuries have been from playing Frisbee, sports such as baseball and football, to just walking and then tripping over something. Though many of these accidents could not have been prevented we have found that if an athletic mouth-guard is worn during a sporting event that 40% of all oral injuries would be prevented. This is a significant decrease in broken teeth. Now that you have decided that a mouth-guard should be used, which one is the best? If you go to the store they sell nice “boil and bite” type mouth-guards. They work ok and will be a step up from nothing. The best type of mouth-guard is a custom made mouth-guard fabricated by the dentist. This mouth-guard will fit better and protect your teeth which will almost eliminate any injury to your teeth. Come on in and see us to have your custom mouth-guard made.