Custom gumshield FAQs.

Choose your gumshield, pick your colour, thickness and options, and check out. We post a home impression kit to you, you take an impression of your teeth and send it back free, and our dental lab makes your gumshield from it. See the full ordering process.

Our plain custom gumshield is £58. The price includes your impression kit, free UK postage both ways and your name on the guard. Designs, marbles and design-your-own guards are priced individually.

Yes. Add the wearer's name when you choose your options and we'll build it into the guard.

Yes. Use our gumshield designer to choose your own colours and design, or pick from our ready-made designs.

Yes. We make gumshields for clubs, schools and academies in team colours. Contact us for team rates on orders of 5 or more.

Yes. If you cancel after one attempt at the impression putty, we'll refund your order minus £15 to cover the impression kit. See our refund policy for full details.

Order before 3pm (Monday to Friday) and we post your impression kit the same day — it usually arrives the next working day. Once your impression reaches our lab, your gumshield is made and delivered within 7–10 working days on our free standard service.

Yes. Choose Silver (£15, 2–3 working days) or Express (£30, 1 working day, UK only) at checkout. Turnaround starts when your impression reaches our lab. See delivery options.

Yes — standard UK delivery is free for both your impression kit and your finished gumshield, and your kit includes a Freepost envelope to send your impression back.

Contact us before you order and we'll let you know what we can do.

Your kit includes two-part putty, trays and step-by-step instructions — no dental experience needed. Follow our impression guide, which shows a good and a bad impression so you can check yours before posting it.

Compare it with the examples in our impression guide. If you're not sure, get in touch before you post it and our technicians will help.

Yes. If you'd rather not take your own, we can put you in touch with a dental practice near you that works with our lab. They take the impression or a digital scan, and we make your gumshield.

If you wear fixed braces, we recommend having a dentist take your impression. Our braces gumshield service can put you in touch with a practice near you.

For team sports such as rugby and hockey, we recommend our standard thickness — it protects to a very high standard and lets you talk and call for the ball. For boxing, MMA, Muay Thai and kickboxing, extra thickness may suit you better because of the frequency of blows to the head. See our thickness guide for every sport.

A custom gumshield is made by dental technicians on a model of your teeth, so it fits your mouth and nobody else's. We don't recommend boil-and-bite guards — they can't fit or protect in the same way as a custom-made gumshield.

Every gumshield is covered by our 100% fit guarantee. If you have any problem with the fit, contact us and our lab team will put it right.

Small air bubbles are common in custom gumshields. They're caused by an uneven surface when the material is formed over the teeth. They don't affect the strength or structure of your gumshield, but we always aim to keep them out of the design.

Yes. We make custom gumshields for juniors as well as adults. Children's teeth change as they grow, so check the fit regularly and replace the guard when it no longer fits snugly.

Dental-grade EVA (ethylene vinyl acetate) — BPA-free and latex-free. It's the same standard of material used in clinical dental practice.

Rinse it in cold water after every use and let it dry in its case. Avoid hot water, as heat can change the shape of the guard.

Screens display colours differently. Our colour choices match our product photography, but the colour on your device may look slightly different from the finished guard.

Yes. Gumshields.com is run by Bridge Dental Laboratory, a DAMAS-accredited lab in Christchurch, Dorset. Dental professionals can order through Bridge Dental Laboratory from an impression or digital scan.