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[quote=Anonymous]My kid needed the adult size by age 11, for another data point.

The braces mouthguards will generally not mold to the teeth. When you look at them, they'll have a smooth groove inside that the teeth rest in. Other mouthguards you'll boil & mold to the teeth, once your kid is out of braces. (My child's dentist and then orthodontist recommended mouth guards for soccer and basketball, even though they were only required for lacrosse. Including once the braces came off.)

Some mouth guards come with tabs that let you connect them to helmets, so when kids spit them out of their mouths they don't fall on the ground. You can clip those tabs off (or not, it depends on what your kid wants). Have extras. Kids lose mouthguards like crazy, or chew them up, or otherwise urgently need a new one. Go to a sporting goods store and buy a couple. I've found them near baseball gear, near hockey gear, and near lacrosse gear. For sports where mouthguards are required, you'll sometimes find that the clear ones aren't acceptable since the refs can't see them from a distance, so I just avoid the clear ones completely.[/quote]

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