April is also National Facial Protection Month, from Dr. B

At the office of Dr. Philip S. Badalamenti, we encourage the wearing of a mouth guard for sports. After all, April is National Facial Protection Month, and it’s a good time to remind our young athletes about staying safe on the field this spring.

We provide a mouth guard made to accommodate braces for our patients. We will also make a custom mouth guard for our patients who request them. There are some types that you can buy at the sporting goods store. Just make sure they are the ones you can use with braces-like the boil and bite type.

The braces themselves have been instrumental in keeping teeth from being knocked out in some cases! Mouth guards protect the lips and cheeks as well as the teeth. We have seen the result of accidental injuries from sports, and mouthguards do provide good protection. Dr. B and our entire team encourage our patients to use them.