In the 1970s, Dr. John Stenger. the dentist for the Notre Dame football team, reported a statistical correlation with improved strength in football and track and field. Dr. Stephen Smith subsequently reported increased muscular strength with well-designed mouth guards. Dr. Harold Gelb and others have described these findings in "The Relationship Between Jaw Posture and Muscular Strength in Sports Dentistry: A Reappraisal", Journal of Cranio-Mandibular Practice. 1996.

How are We Different?

Our focus is simple - we have developed a product that is, we believe, the best performance mouthguard in the industry. It was designed by Dr. Clayton A. Chan, acknowledged by many in the dental area as the developer of the most efficient neuromuscular "bite", and Dr. Joseph Andary, a practitioner  (and co-developer of another performance mouthguard) with substantial experience in assisting world-class athletes, including several Olympic Gold Medalists, with performance mouthguards. 

Our business approach is simple - we acknowledge that while everyone would love to improve their athletic performance, each AgilityGuard must provide value. As such, our associated dentists use a series of tests, the Agility Tests, which give you a sense of the extent to which an AgilityGuard may help a particular individual. These tests give a very simple indication of what extent a performance mouthguard might improve individual performance. There truly is no "one size fits all" solution.

Dr. Chan's experience has taught him that there is an "optimized zone"  - to within less than a millimetre in most cases - within which performance is optimized. The expertise and methodology required to find and confirm that optimized zone requires significant training and equipment. Some of our dentists are currently trained to take you "close" to the zone (the Phi AgilityGuard), others "very close" to the zone (the Trophy AgilityGuard) and yet others within the zone. On our Dentist Locator page on this website, we indicate the level of training each particular dentist has. 

In addition to being, we believe, the very best neuromuscular product on the market, we have created a business model that best ensures that we are able to offer AgilityGuard products that are both cost effective and of superior quality standards. The net result, we believe, is that you, the customer, are able to purchase a better product at a better price.

Important to Note

It is important to understand that each individual is different, and that only you can determine whether an AgilityGuard would provide any potential improvement in your athletic performance. This is best determined by you visiting an AgilityGuard dentist nearest you and having him or her perform the Agility Test on you. Only then should you make a decision to purchase an AgilityGuard.

BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTO'S.

THIS SHOWS TWO NEW PORCELAIN CROWNS AND COMPOSITE BONDED RESTORATIONS REMOVING OLD LEAKING AMALGAM FILLINGS.

Below I have briefly listed premedication requirements for dental treatment taken from the American Dental Association along with their direct link:

The American Heart Association (AHA) states that preventive antibiotics prior to a dental procedure are advised for patients with: 

1.  artificial heart valves

2.  a history of infective endocarditis

3.  certain specific, serious congenital (present from birth) heart conditions, including

• unrepaired or incompletely repaired cyanotic congenital heart disease, including those with palliative shunts and conduits
• a completely repaired congenital heart defect with prosthetic material or device, whether placed by surgery  or by catheter intervention, during the first six months after the procedure
• any repaired congenital heart defect with residual defect at the site or adjacent to the site of a prosthetic patch or a prosthetic device

4.  a cardiac transplant that develops a problem in a heart valve.

In order to help distinguish between fact and fallacy regarding periodontal disease, the AAP has identified and addressed below some common misconceptions about oral health.