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I have a lot of money invested in my teeth, especially because I spent about 3 agonizing years with braces. Now that my teeth are all straight it would be a shame to get my teeth knocked out. Like every person who starts MMA training, they run out and get one of them boil and bite mouthpieces. There are several problems with boil and bite mouthpieces, first off they are too big and they fall out too easily. I saw that a few guys in my gym were using gladiator mouthpieces so I checked out their website.
Gladiator Mouthpieces
So I went to the Gladiator Mouthpiece website and picked my guard. I was told to get the Gladiator Pro mouthpiece, so I picked that. It’s $55 dollars, but for two more dollars you can get a tricolor mouthpiece. Of course I had to do the tri color and get yellow and black to represent the Wu-Tang Killa Beez. After placing my order I waited a few days then in the mail I recieved all the materials I needed to make my mouth impressions.
Mouthpiece Impression Kit & Fruit
The mold comes in the little red and white containers. This is where the magic happens, you take half of the putty type mold from both containers and mix them together. After that you place the mold into the impression plate thing. Then you bite, then do it again with the rest of the mold. The trick is, the putty stuff will harden within a few minutes so you have to get it all done before it hardens. Seems easy right? Not for me, I messed up 4 impressions. I had to call up Custom Guards (the Gladiator Company) and ask them to resend impressions..twice. The issue was my two front teeth biting too high on the impression plate. The solution was to just use a mirror to ensure that you don’t bite too high on the impressions.
The Perfect MMA Mouthpiece
So after sending out the impressions, I received my mouthpiece rather quickly. No more than 4 days I received my wu-mouthpiece. I quickly ripped open the box and tried on my mouth piece. It fit perfectly and actually stayed on my teeth. I also found it easier to breathe with when using it during drills and sparring.
Gladiator Mouthpiece
The great thing about getting Gladiator Mouthpieces you get the mold so you won’t have to go through the impression process again AND 50% off reorders. I love my mouthpiece, would definitely get it if you’re gearing up for competition or fighting. Boil and bite mouthpieces are weak.
Gladiator FTW
Thu, Jun 25, 2009
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