{"id":1287,"date":"2018-09-04T17:17:16","date_gmt":"2018-09-04T16:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1287"},"modified":"2024-04-23T09:25:56","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T08:25:56","slug":"should-mouthguards-be-worn-for-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/should-mouthguards-be-worn-for-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Should Mouthguards Be Worn For Sports?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mouthguards, sportguards, gum shields or whatever you choose to call them, have one sole purpose and that&#8217;s to protect your teeth and mouth from damage. Monday 3rd September marked the first International Mouthguard Day, to coincide with children returning to school for the new year.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1288\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1288\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/mouthguard-e1536076952484.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1288\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/mouthguard-e1536076952484-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/mouthguard-e1536076952484-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/mouthguard-e1536076952484-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/mouthguard-e1536076952484-624x832.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/mouthguard-e1536076952484.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1288\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My son Kyle ready with his mouthguard for the first day of school<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We recommend wearing a mouthguard for any type of contact sports.<\/p>\n<p>31% of dental emergency trauma cases are admitted to hospital for sports injuries*<\/p>\n<p>Watch for advice on why a mouthguard should be worn and advice on choosing the right one for you and your family.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zAakFSierQw&amp;feature=youtu.be\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zAakFSierQw&amp;feature=youtu.be<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You have the option of buying a simple standard fitting guard in a chemist or sports shop or to have a custom-made guard by a dentist, which costs more but has a number of benefits compared with over the counter ones.<\/p>\n<p>Give us a call on 020 88884401 quoting offer code &#8220;MOUTHGUARD&#8221; and book in before 30th September 2018 for 25% off a custom made guard.<\/p>\n<p><em>*(Cranio-maxillofacial trauma: a 10 year review of 9,543 cases with 21,067 injuries: Robert Gassner 1, 2, Tarkan Tuli1, Oliver H\u00e4chl1, Ansgar Rudisch3 and Hanno Ulmer4)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mouthguards, sportguards, gum shields or whatever you choose to call them, have one sole purpose and that&#8217;s to protect your teeth and mouth from damage. Monday 3rd September marked the first International Mouthguard Day, to coincide with children returning to school for the new year. We recommend wearing a mouthguard for any type of contact &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/should-mouthguards-be-worn-for-sports\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Should Mouthguards Be Worn For Sports?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1288,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dental-advice","category-treatments"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1287"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1293,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1287\/revisions\/1293"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}