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Kids/Braces/Mouthguards
Posted on 2/27/25 at 9:14 am
Posted on 2/27/25 at 9:14 am
My kid is getting braces today and he needs a mouth guard for BJJ. Doc wants to sell me one for $75. Says the heated ones can stick to the braces but we can use a generic one. That’s prolly not gonna fly. Nothing worse than a shitty mouth guard cutting off you breathing while somebody else is trying to do the same. I’m cool with the $75 but i don’t wanna be replacing the thing every month as his teeth shift.
Question: I’m sure plenty of yall have kids in sports & have braces. What do yall use?
Question: I’m sure plenty of yall have kids in sports & have braces. What do yall use?
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Posted on 2/27/25 at 9:18 am to Schmelly
Man - we just used the heated one and it was fine.
Posted on 2/27/25 at 9:22 am to Schmelly
Posted on 2/27/25 at 10:09 am to waiting4saturday
My wife is a rule follower lol
Posted on 2/27/25 at 10:10 am to PaddleFaster
Thanks
Posted on 2/27/25 at 11:09 am to Schmelly
My son wrestles and does BJJ. Has had braces a while and always complained about the Ortho mouth piece and all the others we tried. Got him a Bulletproof one and he loves it. Can breathe easier, drink, and talk!
I ordered off Amazon
I ordered off Amazon
This post was edited on 2/27/25 at 11:11 am
Posted on 2/27/25 at 11:13 am to Schmelly
quote:this shite is annoying.
My wife is a rule follower lol
I use "He will be fine" a lot.
Posted on 2/27/25 at 12:34 pm to Schmelly
quote:
My kid is getting braces today
Apologies for being a zealot, but, have you considered a palate expander instead?
The root issue is that most people have undeveloped jaws, and their teeth are crooked because there isn’t enough room for them. A palate expander will slowly expand the jaw to the correct size eliminating any need for extractions.
There are a lot of downstream health issues that come from an undersized jaw, and it’s everything from sleep apnea to immune system dysfunction
In the most serious cases, people will have deeply recessed lower jaws, they’ll appear chinless, and their faces will be very asymmetrical
This post was edited on 2/27/25 at 12:38 pm
Posted on 2/27/25 at 12:41 pm to Lima Whiskey
quote:
Apologies for being a zealot, but, have you considered a palate expander instead? The root issue is that most people have undeveloped jaws, and their teeth are crooked because there isn’t enough room for them. A palate expander will slowly expand the jaw to the correct size eliminating any need for extractions. There are a lot of downstream health issues that come from an undersized jaw, and it’s everything from sleep apnea to immune system dysfunction In the most serious cases, people will have deeply recessed lower jaws, they’ll appear chinless, and their faces will be very asymmetrical
Well not until the random TD poster just informed me of the dangers. Now I’m rethinking everything
Posted on 2/27/25 at 12:47 pm to Schmelly
Braces are the standard paradigm, it’s what almost everyone does, it’s what I had as a child, and I’m just some random dude
but ….
Do a internet search, you should be able to find plenty of people talking about them
but ….
Do a internet search, you should be able to find plenty of people talking about them
Posted on 2/27/25 at 12:49 pm to Schmelly
My kid does bjj with braces as well. Never had any issues with the teeth or braces in class though, knock on wood.
I got a Shock Doctor for the braces but the kid refuses to wear it.
I got a Shock Doctor for the braces but the kid refuses to wear it.
Posted on 2/27/25 at 12:51 pm to Lima Whiskey
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Lima Whiskey
Expanders are usually only a portion of orthodontic treatment to include braces as well. You don’t often see someone in an expander without getting braces applied immediately after the expander is removed. Some kids might even have both at the same time.
Posted on 2/27/25 at 1:05 pm to CrystalPreserves
I used an expander as an adult, I found it profoundly beneficial. Huge believer in them
This post was edited on 2/27/25 at 1:06 pm
Posted on 2/27/25 at 1:15 pm to Schmelly
Get a box of Efferdent to clean any of the guards you get. The amount of people that run that shite under warm water and think it's cool is amazing. Especially with braces, he doesn't need the mouthguard to be a bacteria/schmutz "bank." I won't mention the disgusting shite that boys tend to start doing with mouthguards and cups at that age, but Efferdent is cheap and effective.
Posted on 2/27/25 at 1:39 pm to PaddleFaster
Shock Doctor for hockey too. Kid never complained.
Posted on 2/27/25 at 4:04 pm to LemmyLives
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The amount of people that run that shite under warm water and think it's cool is amazing
<<<<< This guy lol
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