Mouthguards
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@mariner4life impossible is nothing
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@Snowy said in Mouthguards:
@DMX said in Mouthguards:
I used to find it super difficult to wear them, always wanted to gag.Always thought that stifling a gag reflex was a beneficial skill for girlfriends and porn stars, never realised it was for rugby players too.
Next time I'll use another word!
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@Snowy said in Mouthguards:
Seeing as we are on gag reflex and mouthguards - do the @canefan s of this world still use that metal thing full of builders putty and stick it halfway down your throat to make a mould?
It's called alginate. If used correctly it doesn't go down. You should feel lucky, in the olden days they used plaster of paris
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@canefan said in Mouthguards:
@Snowy said in Mouthguards:
Seeing as we are on gag reflex and mouthguards - do the @canefan s of this world still use that metal thing full of builders putty and stick it halfway down your throat to make a mould?
It's called alginate. If used correctly it doesn't go down. You should feel lucky, in the olden days they used plaster of paris
How do fit one for kids with braces? Dentist I went to didn't have much luck with the mould, got shredded by them
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@Kirwan said in Mouthguards:
@canefan said in Mouthguards:
@Snowy said in Mouthguards:
Seeing as we are on gag reflex and mouthguards - do the @canefan s of this world still use that metal thing full of builders putty and stick it halfway down your throat to make a mould?
It's called alginate. If used correctly it doesn't go down. You should feel lucky, in the olden days they used plaster of paris
How do fit one for kids with braces? Dentist I went to didn't have much luck with the mould, got shredded by them
Good question, and you would really seriously want one if you have braces. Are they still a mouthful of sharp edged metal wire and screws / glue?
I never had them, teeth were all good, but hate to think what a hockey stick to the jaw / mouth would have done to me.
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@Kirwan said in Mouthguards:
@canefan said in Mouthguards:
@Snowy said in Mouthguards:
Seeing as we are on gag reflex and mouthguards - do the @canefan s of this world still use that metal thing full of builders putty and stick it halfway down your throat to make a mould?
It's called alginate. If used correctly it doesn't go down. You should feel lucky, in the olden days they used plaster of paris
How do fit one for kids with braces? Dentist I went to didn't have much luck with the mould, got shredded by them
You might need to cover the wires with wax or something so enable an impression to be taken
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@canefan said in Mouthguards:
@Snowy said in Mouthguards:
@canefan Think that I had the plaster of Paris. Seaweed sounds good by comparison.
Still the way the mouthgaurds are made? Mould, etc? No modern tech to do it directly?
thermoplastic rubber
Still need the mould first though right?
I was getting at a new tech / product that could be done in one go. Like the mould but it actually became the mouthguard. Bite it and get handed it type thing.
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I got one when I had braces (while I was at grad school). My ortho either had or told me where to buy it, and then fitted it for me. I’m not sure whether that is common or whether they were doing it because they were feeling sorry for me after my mouth got grated.
Funnily enough, one of the nurses took a shine to me and set me up on a date with her daughter. The mother was quite hot for her age so I said ok.
I guess the daughter looked like her Dad.
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@Snowy said in Mouthguards:
@canefan said in Mouthguards:
@Snowy said in Mouthguards:
@canefan Think that I had the plaster of Paris. Seaweed sounds good by comparison.
Still the way the mouthgaurds are made? Mould, etc? No modern tech to do it directly?
thermoplastic rubber
Still need the mould first though right?
I was getting at a new tech / product that could be done in one go. Like the mould but it actually became the mouthguard. Bite it and get handed it type thing.
Still need the impression. Some dentists have 3D scanners now, which would eliminate the need for an impression as they would 3d print a working model. Might be more costly though as most technicians don't make them like that
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@Snowy said in Mouthguards:
@Kirwan said in Mouthguards:
@canefan said in Mouthguards:
@Snowy said in Mouthguards:
Seeing as we are on gag reflex and mouthguards - do the @canefan s of this world still use that metal thing full of builders putty and stick it halfway down your throat to make a mould?
It's called alginate. If used correctly it doesn't go down. You should feel lucky, in the olden days they used plaster of paris
How do fit one for kids with braces? Dentist I went to didn't have much luck with the mould, got shredded by them
Good question, and you would really seriously want one if you have braces. Are they still a mouthful of sharp edged metal wire and screws / glue?
I never had them, teeth were all good, but hate to think what a hockey stick to the jaw / mouth would have done to me.
Yes.
I fucked up my teeth badly as a kid with braces during a rugby game when I got a bad knock to the teeth where I didn't have a proper mouth guard (multiple teeth 'died' - needed root canal etc) - the theory being the braces would hold the teeth in place if there was any knocks and that a really basic mouth guard was all that was needed to simply stop cuts etc. That theory is wrong.
The mouthguard for braces I got after that ended up being larger than a typical mouthguard to cover the braces.
