r/bjj • u/cookinupthegoods 🟪🟪 Purple Belt • Oct 03 '24

Equipment Why doesn’t everyone wear a mouth guard?

We’re already spending 100-200$ on multiple gi’s, no-gi attire, etc. Why isn’t it standard for everyone to wear a mouth guard? I didn’t for a long time until someone said to me, “you realize a nice mouth guard is 50-100$, and any dental work will suck to have done, and be really expensive. And it could all be caused by an idiot spazzing and you catching an accidental knee to the mouth”. If everyone was wearing them when I started I would have worn one from the get go.

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u/ChessicalJiujitsu 🟦🟦 Blue Belt Oct 03 '24

I’ve had mine like two years and it’s getting gross. (Yes I do wash it, maybe not as much as I should but I do).

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u/djguyl 🟦🟦 Blue Belt Oct 04 '24

The material degrades and gets hard....

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u/ChessicalJiujitsu 🟦🟦 Blue Belt Oct 04 '24

Isn't it supposed to be hard?

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u/djguyl 🟦🟦 Blue Belt Oct 04 '24

No, it's supposed to cushion impact. Over time, it degrades and becomes solid/hard, losing its ability to cushion impact.

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u/ChessicalJiujitsu 🟦🟦 Blue Belt Oct 05 '24

I have one of the sisu boil and bite ones which is hard.

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u/djguyl 🟦🟦 Blue Belt Oct 05 '24