The NHL’s Shocking Smile Secret: Why Star Players Choose Missing Teeth Over Fixes
The best-case scenario, if you can call it that, is a fractured tooth. An on-site dentist’s priority is to determine that it is not loosened to the bone. If that is the case, Fasbinder says the dentist can treat the player’s pain with a local anesthetic at the base of the tooth. The player can then return to the game.
The time Fehervary elbowed his tooth from his mouth, Brown didn’t recall the pain being severe. Perhaps it was because he knew his tooth was beyond saving.
“It was all crumbled up in my mouth,” Brown says. “So I just gave what I had to my trainer, Tommy (Alva). Didn’t miss a shift.”



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