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Orthodontic appliances
Many young sports players will be undergoing Orthodontic Treatment
and wearing fixed or removable braces. They should wear a Playsafe
Mouthguard if they participate in Contact Sports as a sudden impact
to their face could otherwise result in the wire work of their braces
lacerating the soft tissues of the inside of their lips and cheeks.
History of mouthguards
Boxing is thought to have been the first sport to use Gumshields
or Tooth Guards as they were then called. The original Gumshield
or Toothguard was no more than a preformed rubber rim that fitted
over the top teeth. Technology has improved since those early days
of tooth protection and we are now able to make Playsafe Custom
Made Sports Mouthguards that fit like a glove, are not bulky and
allow easy speech.
Playsafe mouthguards and current legislation
Mouthguards, (Gumshields or Toothguards) come under the PPE (Personal
Protective Equipment) legislation. Manufacturers of Mouthguards/Gumshields
and Toothguards must comply with this piece of legislation and demonstrate
this by permanently sealing the CE mark in its recognisable form
of black print on a white background within the Mouthguard, (Gumshield
or Toothguard).
There are two types of Mouthguards (Gumshields or Toothguards) available:
Boil and bite
Mouthguards/Gumshields/Toothguards
These are available in sports and chemist shops and may be placed
in boiling water and then moulded to the tooth arch. However they
tend to thin out in the very areas where protection is required
and also be of a loose fit which during exertion may cause them
to become dislodged and trapped in the sports players airway causing
suffocation. Toothguard and Gumshield are very much the old fashioned
name for Mouthguards. The word Gumshield was mainly used by Boxers
and the word Toothguard was mainly used by dentists. Both these
words Toothguard and Gumshield have been replaced by the word Mouthguard.
Custom made sports mouthguards
These are the preferred type as they are Custom Made to moulds taken
of the players upper and lower tooth arches by a dentist.
The Playsafe Mouthguard is a Hi-Tech Custom Made Sports Mouthguard
which is made by using several layers of different plastics which
are pressure laminated together like laminated glass so as to make
a very impact absorbing mouthguard For instance the Heavy Type Playsafe
Mouthguard contains Resilient Energy Transmission Lines which are
placed over the delicate areas of the biting surfaces of the teeth
and will rebound and accelerate the transmission of the destructive
energy away from the site of impact thus enhancing the mouthguards
protection of the teeth.
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