Mouth guard for football.

Always just boiled it in water and then bit down onto it to create a mold. Much easier to wear after that

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Apparently the mouth guards disseminate some impact, reducing concussion risk

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also keeps you from biting your tongue off. It's no fun going through life without a tongue.

I imagine you can go to the dentist and have a mold made, and they’ll send it off to be made. That way he gets one that fits perfectly..

ETA: I imagine there are services online that send you a home kit in the mail to make a mold of your teeth, you mail it back and they make a guard based on the mold. Skipping the middle man/dentist all together.

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We used to cut an inch off the back of the mouthpiece where your molars were back in the day. But that was the old yellow ones that you would boil and mold to your teeth.

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This. Purchase a good one from Walmart or wherever, and follow boiling instructions to soften - then once he has bit down to shape - you can use a pair of scissors to trim off an inch or so, which will decrease that gag-inducing sensation. This is what worked for my son who uses a mouth guard in Jiu Jitsu.

They are really shite. I had to do the boil method to make mine come close to being able to fit. I played 6 years of high school and college and put that mfer in my helmet cage or sock like everyone else in the 70s or 80s. (You had to hace it on your person) I honestly think you can do do without it unless he is a running back but if he has to have one make it fit and add a string to it or something

I played from 3rd grade through college, a mouth piece is essential . If you want your son to have a tongue and a full set of teeth. It shouldn’t have any bearing re: concussion safety.

It used to be a 5 minute operation of simply dipping the mouth piece into boiling water until pliable and creating a mold. Like many have mentioned you can cut off any excess plastic with a pair of scissors.

Buy multiple mouth pieces before the season starts, as one can imagine they get filthy easily. Have him keep an extra one in his bag at all times in case he takes his existing one off to clean at home and forgets to take it the next practice. Leave it sitting in mouthwash overnight or brush it like you would a set of teeth.

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I’m his mama and want him to be as comfortable as possible while not sacrificing safety

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Then I cannot stress enough your insistence that he wears a cup at all times, including practices.

It's not hard. Use the tablets people use to clean dentures. They're cheap as hell.

Cut it short.

Cut off like half an inch and then let him try it.

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it makes him want to gag. I’m his mama

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