SAVE A SMILE WITH A LITTLE PREVENTION

It was 4pm on a beautiful Saturday afternoon. I had just got in from walking the dogs and decided to sit down in the family room and take a short cat-nap when my cell phone rang. “Hi this is Doctor Cohen”, I said. The woman on the other end of the line sounded frantic. “My son, he broke his tooth…he was skateboarding without his helmet, he never wears his helmet, and, well he fell and …”

Every year I see an increase in the number of people, young and older, coming in with one or more teeth broken or lost due to injuries from sporting activities. We all know we should put our seatbelt on before driving the car, or wear a helmet while riding a bicycle and of course if you play football you had better wear a helmet, padding and a mouthguard. But we never think to wear a mouthguard when we are doing many other lesser contact activities such as soccer, basketball, baseball, skateboarding and surfing among others.

Why Should I Wear A Mouthguard?

• Dental injuries are the most common injuries to the face that happens during sports.
• The majority of these injuries are preventable with mouth guards.
• More than 5 million teeth are knocked out each year during sports.
• The cost of a mouth guard is small compared to the cost of repairing a fractured tooth.
• A properly fitted custom mouth guard reduces the chance of sustaining a concussion from a blow to the jaw.

I always ask; “were you wearing a helmet, padding and other protective gear? How about a mouthguard?” No one seems to want to wear a mouthguard. Even professional Tony Hawk found out how valuable a mouthguard can be when he injured his tooth in a skating accident in August.

According Tony Hawk’s Twitter posts, Hawk received the injury to his upper row of teeth while at the Kona Skatepark in Jacksonville, Florida, during the execution of a doubles set with skater Tony Staab.
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Think you don’t need to wear a mouthguard to protect your teeth, think again…

Daniel Jeffrey Cohen, DDS makes MOUTHGUARDS and is available 7 days a week for DENTAL EMERGENCIES

See ASE SKATESHOP for helmets, pads and other protective gear.

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