Like I mentioned before, I got the SISU mouthguard for Christmas, and I've been using it for about two weeks during practices and scrims. So here's my review, hopefully this will be helpful for those of you who are still indicisive about getting this mouthguard. To my help I shall be using a cast of my teeth (hehehe) to show you how this might look inside the mouth when you're wearing it.
Please note this is from the point of view of my experience with this mouthguard -- so please keep this in mind. You might have different opinions and thoughts.
! warning: Image heavy post ! So, let's begin..
A. -- The 2.4 mouthguard is the thickest version yet, compared to the 1.6. Though it may not look like much, it's quite sturdy once it's molded and set.
B. -- The package comes with instructions, so read those before you set to molding and using your mouthguard. (I could post the leaflet in a bigger version if anyone needs it.)
C. -- I molded my mouthguard by pouring some boiled water into a small bowl, waited a couple of seconds before placing it inside for it to soften.
D. -- The soft mouthguard, I thought, was alot like the texture of polymer clay. When I scooped it up from the hot water, a light contour of my fork could be seen (I switched to a plastic one after that, I think I may have been too rough when I 'forked' it up). When I soon after put it into my mouth to mold it after my teeth, I could see my thumbprints lightly etched there from where I kept it in place (so be careful if you have long fingernails or scratch it).
-- The process of molding it took a really short amount of time. And if it doesn't fit the way you want it to, you can just drop it into hot water again and redo the process. I re-did mine three times before I was content with it (I think I'll do it again soon though).
E. -- Now, onto the inspecton.
1. As seen from the side..
3. ...and from the front.
As you can see from image nr 1 and 2, not all the teeth are covered. I tried to shape the mouthguard while it was still moldable (and maybe accidentally stretched the thing which you're NOT supposed to do because you can DESTROY IT) so it covered atleast my back teeth -- if I couldn't cover the sides of my teeth, I wanted to get the part where I could bite down on the mouthguard.
It didn't really work.
I've heard from several players in my league that this is the same for them (so my own mouth can't be that big). But, since it covers the rest of the teeth enough, and when I bite down the back teeth won't connect anyway since it's elevated, you probably won't feel there's anything missing on the back row (which I don't). Still, I feel it would've been nice to have ALL the teeth covered by a mouthguard. But perhaps the length doesn't matter aslong as your front teeth are covered.
On image number 3, the edges of the mouthguard go quite a ways high up to protect your front teeth. That's really nice (it says on the instructions that most of the guard piece should be on the fronts/outside of your teeth and gums, so it isn't all up your palate doing no good).
I was going to do a pro and cons list but.. Let me say this mouthguard works in terms of speaking/drinking and it doesn't fall out when you open your mouth! It stays on, and it's proof that it will stay on when you try to take it out and you have to pull it off.
And that's another thing I like, you get less germs in your mouth because you don't have to keep taking it on and off.
I like the thickness, I think a 1.6 would've been to thin for me -- I just really like having something to bite on. My prevous mouthguard was a KENKA silicone one, I enjoyed it, and I could chew it, like a toy. Heh.
So, yeah I would recommend this for people to try out.
That concludes this review. I really wanted to show you guys how the mouthguard fit using the cast of my teeth. Hope you guys found this valuable!
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