One of the major misconceptions about mouth guards is that they’re just for contact sports. After all, it’s easy to understand why protecting your teeth and mouth would be necessary in something like MMA or rugby. But as it turns out, it’s actually an important piece of safety equipment for the majority of athletes to be wearing in general. Here’s why mouth guards are necessary for most sports, and why you (or your child) should probably be wearing one on the court or the field. Why Mouth Guards Should Be Worn in Most “Non-Contact Sports” When it comes to classifying sports, one of the more problematic distinctions is between “contact” and “non-contact”. The contact category is fairly obvious - we can all agree that rugby, football, hockey and combat sports are pretty rough, and no one would seriously argue that you don’t need a mouth guard when participating in them. But many of the sports that have been labelled non-contact really shouldn’t be. Soccer a...