mouth-protectorMouth Protectors

 

The oral cavity is composed of different structures with varying functions: the lips, cheeks, tongue, teeth. gums, bone, floor of the mouth, tonsils and so many others. All of these structures hold a certain function and if you wish to protect them from being damaged, you can easily do through various ways.

 

One way of providing direct protection to the structures of the mouth would be through the wearing of a mouth protector or mouth guard. In the dental practice, there are different types of mouth protectors that may be prescribed to a patient and each one will hold a different function in the patient’s mouth, but mostly all of these appliances are meant to protect the mouth from any damage or destruction it can receive from all kinds of forces. It may be forces directed to the teeth, the bone or the soft tissues of the mouth — regardless of which structure it protects it is meant to preserve its health and it is going to be beneficial for your child.

 

Indications of Mouth Protectors:

 

  1. Mouth Protectors for Sports: If your child is into sports, especially those sports activities with a lot of physical contact with opponents and sports equipment. If the sport participated in by your child involves a lot of physical contact and their mouth there is potential danger for accidents to the area of the mouth, a mouth protector such as a sports guard may be worn. It may be fabricated in a clear, transparent color or it could be made in any color possible, so that the patient may showcase either is team color or his own favorite.
  2. Mouth Protectors for Bruxism: If your child is suffering from Bruxism or what is popularly known as night grinding or clenching, he should be prescribed with a night guard that he will wear whenever he goes to sleep, whether in the day or at night. Bruxism is an involuntary issue that patients deal with and when this is a constant problem, the destruction it causes could be quite alarming. Prolonged night grinding can destroy teeth, soft tissue, bone and joint structures in the mouth so providing a remedy for this condition through mouth protectors is essential.
  3. Mouth Protectors for Lip and Cheek Biting: Another involuntary behaviour that patients suffer from is lip and cheek biting; and in the case of children this can be really bad so such a habit is immediately addressed and averted through the wearing of a dental appliance that should protect the lips and cheeks from being further destroyed.
  4. Mouth Protectors for Braces: This special type of mouth protector may be a used for sports, for night grinding or for lip and cheek biting on a patient who is wearing braces. The ordinary design is not longer applicable with the presence of the braces in the mouth, so a special construction process is followed for patients with braces.

 

All these mouth protectors fabricated for you by your dentist using a special type of vacuum machine. The dental appliance is very flexible and comfortable to wear, and they are made in such as way so that it comes with a very snug and functional fit on the mouth. For a child to enjoy its function, it ought to be worn and it can be quite tricky to have a child comply so the responsibility of reminding the child to wear it lie on the parents. As long as the mouth protectors or mouth guards are worn, the structures of the mouth could be protected and kept healthy.

 

mouth-protectorMouth Protectors

 

The oral cavity is composed of different structures with varying functions: the lips, cheeks, tongue, teeth. gums, bone, floor of the mouth, tonsils and so many others. All of these structures hold a certain function and if you wish to protect them from being damaged, you can easily do through various ways.

 

One way of providing direct protection to the structures of the mouth would be through the wearing of a mouth protector or mouth guard. In the dental practice, there are different types of mouth protectors that may be prescribed to a patient and each one will hold a different function in the patient’s mouth, but mostly all of these appliances are meant to protect the mouth from any damage or destruction it can receive from all kinds of forces. It may be forces directed to the teeth, the bone or the soft tissues of the mouth — regardless of which structure it protects it is meant to preserve its health and it is going to be beneficial for your child.

 

Indications of Mouth Protectors:

 

  1. Mouth Protectors for Sports: If your child is into sports, especially those sports activities with a lot of physical contact with opponents and sports equipment. If the sport participated in by your child involves a lot of physical contact and their mouth there is potential danger for accidents to the area of the mouth, a mouth protector such as a sports guard may be worn. It may be fabricated in a clear, transparent color or it could be made in any color possible, so that the patient may showcase either is team color or his own favorite.
  2. Mouth Protectors for Bruxism: If your child is suffering from Bruxism or what is popularly known as night grinding or clenching, he should be prescribed with a night guard that he will wear whenever he goes to sleep, whether in the day or at night. Bruxism is an involuntary issue that patients deal with and when this is a constant problem, the destruction it causes could be quite alarming. Prolonged night grinding can destroy teeth, soft tissue, bone and joint structures in the mouth so providing a remedy for this condition through mouth protectors is essential.
  3. Mouth Protectors for Lip and Cheek Biting: Another involuntary behaviour that patients suffer from is lip and cheek biting; and in the case of children this can be really bad so such a habit is immediately addressed and averted through the wearing of a dental appliance that should protect the lips and cheeks from being further destroyed.
  4. Mouth Protectors for Braces: This special type of mouth protector may be a used for sports, for night grinding or for lip and cheek biting on a patient who is wearing braces. The ordinary design is not longer applicable with the presence of the braces in the mouth, so a special construction process is followed for patients with braces.

 

All these mouth protectors fabricated for you by your dentist using a special type of vacuum machine. The dental appliance is very flexible and comfortable to wear, and they are made in such as way so that it comes with a very snug and functional fit on the mouth. For a child to enjoy its function, it ought to be worn and it can be quite tricky to have a child comply so the responsibility of reminding the child to wear it lie on the parents. As long as the mouth protectors or mouth guards are worn, the structures of the mouth could be protected and kept healthy.