Crossword clues for mouthguard
Wiktionary
n. A device that fits into the mouth over one or both arches of teeth, which is usually made of plastic. They may be used to protect aginst injury during sport or fighting, or may serve a medical purpose.
Wikipedia
A mouthguard (UK: gumshield) is a protective device for the mouth that covers the teeth and gums to prevent and reduce injury to the teeth, arches, lips and gums. A mouthguard is most often used to prevent injury in contact sports, as a treatment for bruxism or TMD, or as part of certain dental procedures, such as tooth bleaching. Depending on application, it may also be called a mouth protector, mouth piece, gumshield, gumguard, nightguard, occlusal splint, bite splint, or bite plane.
Usage examples of "mouthguard".
He ripped it back off his head, sat up, spat out his mouthguard, and cried, "Shit!
His seizure stimulator, its case, and his mouthguard were still lying where they'd been dropped a few hours ago.
His seizure stimulator, its case, and his mouthguard were still lying where they’d been dropped a few hours ago.
This sergeant pulled down Vecher's chin with one thumb and popped a mouthguard in with his free hand.
The glazed way his eyes rolled toward her when she spoke to him, like the eyes of a fighter who has been struck and struck and struck, a fighter who has lost his coherence along with his mouthguard and is waiting only for the final flurry of punches to drop him insensible to the canvas - those things terrified her and roused all her motherhood.