Way back when I played youth sports, only football required the use of a mouthguard. At the beginning of the season, we all strapped the state-issued pieces of plastic to our face masks and only knew ...

(Reuters Health) - Youth ice hockey players who wear mouthguards to protect their teeth and jaws may also have significantly lower odds of concussion, a Canadian study suggests. Concussions are the ...

VAIL, Colorado –The field of sports dentistry continues to grow as more and more people participate in extreme sports popularized by events such as the X-Games. Sports dentistry is essentially the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . College football players wearing dentist-fitted mouthguards had less severe concussions than those wearing ...

WHEELERSBURG, Ohio (WSAZ) - One doctor is helping football players, like Wheelersburg High School senior Landon Hutchinson, stay safe on the field -- but not in the most common way. “Its always ...

If you’re an athlete, you’re guarding the net, the end zone or the paint. But are you guarding your pearly whites? The Ramstein dental clinic is whipping up free, custom-fit mouthguards on Aug. 9 from ...

As Jonny May roared across the Twickenham turf to touch down for his hat-trick try in England’s rugby union Six Nations demolition of France, he broke out in a broad smile. As he celebrated with his ...

When the players on Gov. Thomas Johnson High School’s varsity girls lacrosse team step onto the field for their next match, they’ll do so with an extra glimmer in their smiles. Wait, those aren’t just ...

“It’s been a wild ride,” said Sassa Akervall, CEO of Akervall Technologies Inc. (ATI), maker of the SISU line of sports and nighttime mouthguards. Sisu is a Finnish word to describe strength, ...

Mouth guards are an important part of an athlete’s equipment kit in many of the world’s tough sports. Full contact fighting is one of the most visible sports where athletes’ faces are in danger of ...