Table 1

American Dental Association recommendations for the use of mouthguards15

American Dental Association

  • Acrobatics

  • Basketball

  • Bicycling

  • Boxing

  • Equestrian events

  • Extreme sports

  • Field events

  • Field hockey

  • Football

  • Gymnastics

  • Handball

  • Ice hockey

  • Inline skating

  • Lacrosse

  • Martial arts

  • Racquet ball

  • Rugby

  • Shot-putting

  • Skateboarding

  • Skiing

  • Sky diving

  • Soccer

  • Softball

  • Squash

  • Surfing

  • Volleyball

  • Water polo

  • Weight lifting

  • Wrestling

  • Recommendations by the American Dental Association—sports where it is advised to wear a well-fitted mouthguard.