Sports Dentistry
Unique sports related dentistry
Sports Dentistry is the treatment and prevention of oral/facial athletic injuries and related oral diseases and manifestations.
In sports, the challenge is to maximize the benefits of participation and to limit injuries. Sports dentistry has a major role to play in this area.
In some sports, the prevention of injury can be achieved through properly fitted mouthguards. These are the contact sports of football, boxing, martial arts and hockey. Other sports, traditionally classified as non contact sports, basketball, bicycle riding etc also require properly fitted mouthguards, as dental injuries are unfortunately a negative aspect of participation in these sports.
Dr Knight has treated many high profile sportsmen and women including world class boxers & footballers. He has a continuing relationship with football clubs such as Manchester United, Manchester City, Blackburn and his home team Burnley.
Under Armour Performance Mouthwear
For many of his patients Lance provides an innovative new line of custom mouthpieces and mouthguards designed to improve athletic performance. Under Armour Performance Mouthwear can help any athlete improve strength, endurance and reaction time, reduce athletic stress, and with the mouthguard, reduce impact from blows to the jaw.
When athletes exert themselves, clenching the jaw is a natural reaction. Teeth-clenching, however, triggers the excess production and release of hormones, such as cortisol, that produce stress, fatigue and distraction, thus hindering an athlete’s performance. ArmourBite Technology in Under Armour Performance Mouthwear prevents an athlete’s teeth from clenching, relieves pressure on the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) and prevents the excessive production of performance-sapping hormones.
