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What are the advantages and disadvantages between the dentist’s fabricated BIOguard® and the GAMEguard™ or GAMEguard PLUS™ that I form myself?

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What are the advantages and disadvantages between the dentist’s fabricated BIOguard® and the GAMEguard™ or GAMEguard PLUS™ that I form myself?

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Not even the best custom fit mouthguards can compare to the fit achieved by pressure-laminated mouthguards formed over a dental mold. In manufacturing the BIOguard®, the mouthguard plastic is processed against the dental mold at forces that cannot be duplicated in the mouth. Our GAMEguard™ features the same protective polymer and features as the BIOguard® but the fit, although excellent, cannot match the exactness of the BIOguard®.