TASMAN RUGBY UNION
Every year Nelson Orthodontics sponsors a mouthguard for each junior rugby player in the Tasman region.
Each year thousands of children are treated for dental injuries which could have been prevented or minimised, if they had been wearing a protective mouthguard. We strongly advocate that all participants in a sport that carries a risk of contact to the face should wear a mouthguard.
A mouthguard helps absorb the shock experienced by a blow to the face, which might otherwise result in an injury to the mouth or jaw and is proven to reduce concussion.
We are proud sponsors of the mighty Tasman Mako rugby team, protecting the smiles of the team with the most bite in New Zealand!
In 2017 we celebrated 10 years of donating mouthguards to junior rugby players across Nelson, Tasman and Marlborough - that’s now a total of over 60,000 mouthguards protecting the smiles of the next generation of might Mako!
We welcome applications from our existing or previous youth patients for assistance with their sporting pursuits – each year we have some funding set aside to sponsor our up-and-coming Nelson sports people to achieve great things.
OTHER COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Nelson Orthodontics promotes Dental health in children which enable them to access activities by sponsoring:
Big Brother Big Sisters
Pictured to the left is Chelsea and Cushla from BBBS at our Nelson Orthodontics Clinic. We are proudly supporting Big Brothers Big Sisters - community youth mentoring programme.
As we work so closely with the young people of our community, we believe programmes such as BBBS is very important for healthy guidance and support of the kids in our neighborhood.