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Athletic injuries to teeth and jaws happen in an instant but create lasting consequences. A custom sports mouthguard provides essential protection during physical activity, absorbing impact forces that would otherwise damage your teeth, jaw, or soft tissues. Unlike store-bought options that shift during play or make breathing difficult, professionally fitted mouthguards stay securely in place while allowing comfortable speech and breathing throughout your game.
At Naylor Family Dental and Implant Center, Dr. Naylor creates custom sports mouthguards tailored to your mouth’s unique shape and your sport’s specific demands. The practice understands that Las Vegas athletes need reliable protection whether they’re competing in youth leagues, adult recreation programs, or high-level sports. Through careful fitting and quality materials, the team ensures your mouthguard delivers maximum protection without compromising performance.
Contact and collision sports create constant risk of dental trauma. Basketball elbows, baseball collisions, soccer headers, and football tackles all pose threats to your teeth and jaw. Even non-contact sports like skateboarding, gymnastics, and cycling involve falls that can result in facial injuries. Dental injuries from sports can include chipped or broken teeth, knocked-out teeth, jaw fractures, cut lips or tongues, and damage to existing dental work like crowns or veneers.
Beyond protecting teeth, mouthguards cushion blows to the jaw that could otherwise cause concussions or temporomandibular joint injuries. The guard acts as a shock absorber, distributing impact forces across a larger area rather than concentrating them on a single tooth or jaw point. A knocked-out permanent tooth may need replacement with a dental implant, while fractured teeth might require root canal therapy or extraction. These injuries require immediate treatment and often lead to expensive, time-consuming repairs that proper protection could have prevented.
The protection level your mouthguard provides depends significantly on its fit and quality. Stock mouthguards come pre-formed and ready to wear, but these inexpensive options offer minimal protection because they don’t fit your mouth’s unique shape. They often feel bulky, make breathing difficult, and shift during activity, leaving your teeth vulnerable at critical moments. Boil-and-bite mouthguards provide a step up, allowing you to soften them in hot water and bite down to create a somewhat customized shape. While better than stock guards, they still provide inconsistent fit and protection, with material that remains too thick in some areas and too thin in others.
Custom-fitted mouthguards created by your dentist offer superior protection and comfort. Your dentist takes precise impressions of your teeth, then fabricates a guard that fits your mouth exactly. The result is a comfortable appliance that stays in place during intense activity, allows normal breathing and speech, and provides optimal impact protection exactly where you need it. Athletes with cosmetic dentistry treatments or orthodontic work particularly benefit from the precise fit that protects their investment.
Creating your custom sports mouthguard begins with a thorough examination and discussion of your athletic activities. Your dentist evaluates your teeth, bite, and any existing dental work to determine the best mouthguard design for your needs. Athletes with braces, dental bonding, or other dental appliances require special consideration to protect both natural teeth and restorations. Your dentist takes detailed impressions of your upper and lower teeth, capturing every contour of your mouth including the exact position of each tooth and the shape of your gums.
When your custom mouthguard is ready, you return for a fitting appointment where your dentist checks the fit, makes any necessary adjustments, and ensures the guard feels comfortable and stays securely in place. You’ll practice speaking and breathing with the guard in to confirm it doesn’t interfere with performance. Your dentist will also provide care instructions to help your mouthguard last multiple seasons, including proper cleaning techniques and storage recommendations.
Many organized sports require mouthguard use, but protection benefits extend beyond mandated sports. High-contact sports like football, hockey, lacrosse, boxing, wrestling, and martial arts involve frequent impacts that make mouthguards essential. Moderate-contact sports including basketball, baseball, softball, soccer, and volleyball create collision risks that warrant protection. Individual sports such as skateboarding, BMX biking, mountain biking, gymnastics, and inline skating involve falls that can cause facial injuries.
Even casual pickup games or recreational leagues benefit from mouthguard protection, as injuries can happen during any physical activity. Athletes who grind their teeth at night may already use night guards for jaw protection, but sports mouthguards serve a different purpose. While night guards prevent grinding, sports mouthguards are designed specifically to absorb impact forces during athletic activity.
Athletic achievement shouldn’t come at the cost of dental health. At Naylor Family Dental and Implant Center, Dr. Naylor completed his dental education at Indiana University in 2017 and understands the unique needs of Las Vegas athletes. The practice creates custom mouthguards that provide reliable protection without hindering athletic performance, treating each patient with the same care and attention they would provide their own family. The welcoming, supportive atmosphere makes getting fitted for a mouthguard simple and comfortable.
The practice accepts major dental insurance plans including Delta Dental PPO, Cigna Dental, Aetna Dental, Guardian, Always Care, UFCW, and Unum, and many plans cover sports mouthguards as preventive dentistry care. For patients without traditional coverage, flexible financing through CareCredit, Proceed Finance, and Cherry makes protection affordable. The practice also offers an in-house dental membership plan. Don’t wait until an injury occurs. Contact Naylor Family Dental and Implant Center today to schedule your custom sports mouthguard fitting and protect your smile during every game.
