{"id":1414,"date":"2019-05-23T09:50:16","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T09:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drtosundental.com\/?p=1414"},"modified":"2023-07-18T08:01:40","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T08:01:40","slug":"play-hard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drtosundental.com\/blog\/play-hard\/","title":{"rendered":"PLAY HARD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Do you or your child play sport?&nbsp;&nbsp; Have you thought of or do you wear a mouthguard?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, accidents happen. Dental injuries like cracked, broken teeth or even tooth loss are often caused whilst playing sport especially a contact sport. Therefore, it is so important to wear a custom-made mouthguard to avoid trauma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Damage to your or your child\u2019s mouth can be extremely distressing, and the treatment to fix it might be costly.&nbsp; Any injury might also affect how you smile and could have on your appearance.<br>Mouthguards should be essential when it comes to adults and children participating in activities and sports that involves physical contact or fast-moving objects.<br>A mouthguard is a specially made, rubber-like cover which fits exactly over your teeth and gums, cushioning them and protecting them from damage.&nbsp; Your dentist can will take impressions, so your guard will fit your mouth exactly ensuring comfort and provide better protection unlike the ones you can get off the shelf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These mouthguards can also prevent damage to the jaw, neck and even the brain \u2013 helping to prevent against concussion and damage caused by a heavy blow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Don\u2019t let playing sports effect your smile!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tDo you or your child play sport?\u00a0\u00a0 Have you thought of or do you wear a mouthguard?<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, accidents happen. Dental injuries like cracked, \t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5635,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drtosundental.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drtosundental.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drtosundental.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drtosundental.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drtosundental.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1414"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/drtosundental.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5637,"href":"https:\/\/drtosundental.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414\/revisions\/5637"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drtosundental.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drtosundental.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drtosundental.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drtosundental.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}