{"id":262,"date":"2014-08-29T08:23:08","date_gmt":"2014-08-29T14:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.robertmitchelldds.com\/?p=262"},"modified":"2014-08-29T08:23:08","modified_gmt":"2014-08-29T14:23:08","slug":"concept-long-history-dating-back-ancient-cultures-greek-roman-viking-athletes-documented-bit-leather-gain-edge-competition-even-warfare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertmitchelldds.com\/blog\/concept-long-history-dating-back-ancient-cultures-greek-roman-viking-athletes-documented-bit-leather-gain-edge-competition-even-warfare\/","title":{"rendered":"The concept has a long history dating back to ancient cultures (Greek, Roman, and Viking), where athletes are documented to have bit down on leather to gain an edge during competition and even warfare. Although these \u201cwarriors\u201d of the past may not have been aware of why this worked, the idea is based on managing the body\u2019s natural instinct to clench the jaw as part of the \u201cfight or flight\u201d reaction."},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertmitchelldds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/mouthguard.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-263 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.robertmitchelldds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/mouthguard.jpg\" alt=\"mouthguard\" width=\"220\" height=\"157\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"userContent\"><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">Don&#8217;t forget to protect your teeth and jaw by wearing a mouth guard this season. CALL Our office today to schedule an appt to have one made. (972) 233-1311<\/span><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&nbsp; Don&#8217;t forget to protect your teeth and jaw by wearing a mouth guard this season. CALL Our office today to schedule an appt to have one made. (972) 233-1311 <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.robertmitchelldds.com\/blog\/concept-long-history-dating-back-ancient-cultures-greek-roman-viking-athletes-documented-bit-leather-gain-edge-competition-even-warfare\/\">(Read More)<\/a>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertmitchelldds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertmitchelldds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertmitchelldds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertmitchelldds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertmitchelldds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertmitchelldds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":266,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertmitchelldds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262\/revisions\/266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertmitchelldds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertmitchelldds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertmitchelldds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}