After a Gumshield

FightingSpirit

I'm looking for a decent, durable gumshield in time for the domestic american football season.

I was just wondering if anyone new of any websites which might stock such items?

Thanks in advance.

maninwhitecoat

You can get them from most sports stores. I know sportsworld sell them for £1.

makinprogress

JJB too, in a range of sizes and colours!

skyline_boy

FightingSpirit wrote:

I'm looking for a decent, durable gumshield in time for the domestic american football season.

I was just wondering if anyone new of any websites which might stock such items?

Thanks in advance.

Not sure if a moulded one is what you are looking for, but you can order them from here: http://www.opro.com/ for around the £30 mark and it will fit perfectly.

tjsmangina

try these mate

http://www.rugbywarehouse.co.uk/acatalog/Shock_Doctor.html

radaas

JJB have them £2 for nnormal ones and you can get shock ones for a bit more - remember to get a coloured one or the refs aint gonna be too happy

Suggs

FightingSpirit wrote:

I'm looking for a decent, durable gumshield in time for the domestic american football season.

I was just wondering if anyone new of any websites which might stock such items?

Thanks in advance.

To be honest, and as a rugby player, I found playing the extra for a Gumshield fitted by the dentist, although dearer (about £45) Lasted longer and I feel protected the teeth better as I could never get a 'boil in the bag' gumshield to fit correctly.

With the cost of dentists these days, I think a few quid spent on protecting the teeth now, will save a big bill in repairing the teeth later

Toothsmith

Suggs wrote:

To be honest, and as a rugby player, I found playing the extra for a Gumshield fitted by the dentist, although dearer (about £45) Lasted longer and I feel protected the teeth better as I could never get a 'boil in the bag' gumshield to fit correctly.

With the cost of dentists these days, I think a few quid spent on protecting the teeth now, will save a big bill in repairing the teeth later

A vey good point, even if I say so myself!!

What you have to ask yourself is "Why do I want a Gumshild?"

The answer is - to protect your teeth in the event of an impact hard enough to break a tooth or do serious damage to your mouth.

I have never seen an 'off the shelf' gumshield that would do this effectively, as the fit is so poor, that with even a relatively minor impact, it would fly out (If you're lucky) or skew itself around to a different position, and do more damage to the soft tissue of the mouth than you would have suffered had you not been wearing anything (If you're unlucky).

Another thing about the poor fit, means that kids in particular are more likely to just put them in the pocket during a game, rather than actually wearing the things.

So yes - dentist made ones are much more expensive, but they do actually stand a chance of preventing major dental damage in the event of a crunching impact.