The NHL’s Shocking Smile Secret: Why Star Players Choose Missing Teeth Over Fixes

The NHL’s Shocking Smile Secret: Why Star Players Choose Missing Teeth Over Fixes

“Accidents where people fall off bikes or people trip, fall and hit the ground, those are all similar kinds of injuries where you’re going to see lacerations to the lip and to the soft tissue around the teeth, fractured teeth, teeth that could get pushed,” Riley says. “It’s usually just that in hockey, the exposure to the potential for that is much higher.”

A dental bridge is a more permanent alternative to a flipper. But players may prefer to wait for this procedure until they retire because of the risk of a repeat strike. Not only that, a bridge also puts the neighbors of the original injured tooth at risk.

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