# Flavoured mouthguards. MINT flavoured mouthguards.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flavoured-mouthguards-mint-flavoured-mouthguards/590701>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 29, 2011, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flavoured-mouthguards-mint-flavoured-mouthguards/590701 "2011-07-29T04:56:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flavoured-mouthguards-mint-flavoured-mouthguards/590701/1 "2011-07-29T04:56:22Z")

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Yes, you read the title correctly, and no, it’s not a play on works nor any clever misdirection. That’s it. Mouthguards imbued with (presumably artificial) mint flavour. Minty mouth, the whole game long.

Mint. Minty minty mintie mint. Mint! Mint? Mintmintmintmint. Miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiint. Minnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnt. Minininininimint. Linimint. MINT? MINT!

Who would want a mouthful of mint flavour they couldn’t get rid of? In what minty-fresh hell was such a thing conceived? Why was this the only option on offer? What, to sum up, the fuck?

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**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flavoured-mouthguards-mint-flavoured-mouthguards/590701/2 "2011-07-29T06:17:07Z")

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Mint, even artificial mint flavor, probably tastes better than whatever the mouthguards are made of. I have an upper plate, and I gotta say, both the adhesive and the upper plate by itself taste less that wonderful. I would KILL for a mint flavored upper plate.

However, I’m sure that I’d have to invest in a catproof safe for it. My cats adore mint.

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**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flavoured-mouthguards-mint-flavoured-mouthguards/590701/3 "2011-07-29T06:54:17Z")

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Interesting question. I’ll ask some friends of mine, who are profesional hockey players, if they’ve ever been offered the option of a “fresh, minty” mouthguard. As far as I know, they just worry about losing the damned thing.