Thank you to all those who attended Defend Your Mouth Day! We look forward to seeing you next year!
Helping to Protect Childrens’ Smiles
Helping to Protect Childrens’ Smiles Mouth guards are required for many sports and activities and help protect the teeth, mouth, and face. During our Defend Your Mouth Day event, Dr. Stephens and the team at Braces Omaha provided professionally fitted mouth guards to children at no cost to them.
Thank you to all those who attended. We look forward to seeing you next year!
DID YOU KNOW?
Approximately 5 million teeth are knocked out each year. This is often the result of sports-related injuries.
The American Dental Association (ADA) recommends wearing a mouth guard for the following sports:
- Soccer
- Football
- Softball
- Gymnastics
- Acrobatics
- Equestrian events
- Basketball
- Ice hockey
- Bicycling
- Skiing
- Extreme sports
- Boxing
- Skateboarding
- Squash
- Field events
- Volleyball
- Handball
- Inline skating
- Lacrosse
- Field hockey
- Rugby
- Water polo
- Martial arts
- Wrestling
- Shot putting
- Racquetball
- Skateboarding
- Weight lifting
