Mouthguards and braces on teeth

[summerdaysgain]

Looking for some advice. My son has just had 2 fixed braces put on - one on upper and one on lower jaw. Does he need 2 mouthguards for sport and if so what is recommended? I can only seem to find American versions on line. Do Opro do them and which ones are recommended - I think there are several boil ones and from memory I do not think all are suitable. Thanks.

Thanks for mentioning this. I'm also wanting to find out as DS does taekwondo

You can get mouldable ones for braces. Shockdoctor do one, available from Amazon or sports shops.

You can search on Amazon for ones that are suitable for fixed braces.

Has an Opro one for dd that you boil at home. It was a special one for braces. Can't remember what it was called though, sorry

Boil in the bag are good enough.
I suggest that you do not spend a fortune on Opro unless you are sure that your DS will not lose them within a week of getting them!

My sons orthodontist provided them. They were less bulky.

My dd has had two custom made mouthguards for hockey.
The first was by OPRO
the second was done after she had her braces fitted - we had this one done by the orthodontist.
The one by the orthodontist was much better than the OPRO one, and pretty much the same price.

she has top and bottom fixed braces but only has a top mouth guard, that is what was recommended.

I would strongly caution against the orthodontist made custom one. They are expensive - the price of at least 7-8 boil-at-home ones, and the whole point of braces is that they move teeth. My the time our very expensive mouthguard was delivered, 2 weeks after it was made, it was uncomfortably tight, and within another 3 weeks or so it was unwearable.
If you think about the whole braces thing, it can't make sense to have a custom one. Get a couple of brace-compatible home boil ones, be ready to write one off the fitting goes wrong, and nag at the child to see when he needs another one - possibly as soons as 5 weeks or so.

dd didn't have that problem michaelapurple although what you say makes sense.
her mouthguard from the orthodontist cost £40 iirc.

I guess it depends how much of a change there is and how quickly.

My orthodontist said, very honestly, that the Opro boil in the bag one for braces was as effective and substantially cheaper than the ones they had made. Worked absolutely perfectly for the whole time ds had braces and I just ordered them from Amazon.

Well, not my orthodontist, by my ds's!

When my DC's had braces they got a relatively inexpensive one from the orthodontist made from a string foam like material that wasn't mounded but just covered the teeth and braces. Once the teeth were fixed we then spent more on a properly mounded one again from the orthodontist as I'm not convinced the boil yourself Ines provide a properly snug fit

When I used to be a coach few years ago, kids had to have a dentist made gum shield if they had braces.