Custom Mouth Guards in Georgetown, TX

Who Should Wear a Custom Mouth Guard?

Custom mouth guards benefit anyone whose teeth face a risk of impact, not just athletes in contact sports.

Athletes Who Play Contact Sports

Football, hockey, and wrestling carry an obvious risk of dental injury. Basketball, soccer, lacrosse, and baseball can also lead to a hard hit to the face.

Children and Teens

Young athletes have developing smiles and permanent teeth still settling into place, making protection during sports especially important. A custom fitting gives children and teens a guard that is more comfortable to wear during activity.

Patients With Braces

Patients wearing braces face a unique risk, since impact can damage brackets and wires along with the teeth. A properly designed guard protects the smile and the orthodontic work in progress.

What Are the Benefits of a Custom Mouth Guard?

A custom mouth guard offers advantages that stock or boil-and-bite versions cannot match.

Custom Fit for Your Teeth

The appliance comes from an impression or scan of your own teeth, so it follows your bite instead of a generic mold.

Helps Protect Against Dental Injuries

A well-fitted mouth guard helps guard against chipped teeth, knocked-out teeth, and soft tissue injuries.

More Comfortable Than Store-Bought Mouth Guards

A custom guard sits closer to your natural tooth shape, so it feels less bulky than a store-bought version.

Stays Securely in Place

A precise fit helps keep the appliance from slipping during play.

Allows You to Speak and Breathe More Naturally

A thinner, better-fitted design makes it easier to talk and breathe during activity.

Can Protect Orthodontic Appliances

For patients in orthodontic treatment, a custom mouth guard adds protection over brackets and wires that a generic guard cannot provide.

Custom Mouth Guards for Patients With Braces

An impact to the mouth can injure the lips, cheeks, gums, and teeth, and it can damage brackets or wires too. Dr. Bernuy designs guards built to accommodate the brackets and current tooth position. Because teeth move during treatment, the fit can change, and Dr. Bernuy may need to check or replace the appliance.

What’s Involved in Getting a Custom Mouth Guard?

Getting a custom mouth guard starts with a visit to our clinic in Georgetown, where Dr. Bernuy examines your teeth and discusses your activity. A scan captures the shape of your teeth for the appliance design, and Dr. Bernuy checks and adjusts the fit for comfort.

Why Choose Dr. Bernuy for Custom Mouth Guards in Georgetown, TX

A mouth guard only protects what it actually fits, which is why every guard here starts with an impression or digital scan of your own teeth rather than a generic mold pulled off a shelf. That’s especially important for patients in braces, since a guard has to work around brackets and wires without loosening them, and account for teeth that are still shifting throughout treatment.

Dr. Bernuy checks fit at each stage and adjusts or rebuilds the guard as needed, so protection doesn’t lapse just because your bite has changed since your last fitting.

Recommendations aren’t one-size-fits-all either. What Dr. Bernuy suggests depends on your sport, how often you play, and where you are in orthodontic treatment, not a single default guard handed to every patient who walks in.

Dr. Neker Bernuy, DDS, MS, is a board-certified orthodontist who earned his dental degree with honors from the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio and completed his residency at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

That same precision carries into something as practical as a mouth guard, since a guard that’s even slightly off can mean a bracket gets caught in a fall instead of staying protected.

If you’re already coming in for orthodontic care, getting fitted for a guard at the same visit is simple, and our orthodontist in Georgetown can keep both in sync as your treatment moves forward.

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