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huskies20 said:
Alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
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Short cut to the Dentist

-> Clingan, the 7-foot-2 freshman from Bristol, lost one of his front teeth after being hit in the mouth twice in the UConn men's basketball team's 84-73 win at Gampel Pavilion. He was first hit by a Brandon Murray elbow as Murray was driving to the basket in the first half, cracking the tooth.

In the second half, Clingan was hit in the mouth again, this time by opposing center Qudus Wahab, knocking almost the entire tooth out of his mouth. Clingan still managed to block Wahab's shot, which led to a run-out capped by a Joey Calcaterra 3-pointer that sent the Gampel sellout bonkers.

Clingan played the rest of the game bloodied, but unbowed. The following morning, the nerve endings, etc. pulled out by a dentist. His old tooth was then bonded together with the teeth on each side. He will soon get a bridge to hold the teeth together better, but it will take a couple of months for the socket to heel before he can get an in an implant. <
 
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That's one more thing DC and I have in common. I lost my front right tooth in a softball game accident 20+ years ago.

I was in the outfield running in to catch a fly ball, infielder was running out to catch it. Heads and faces smashed. I went from running after a fly ball to waking up in ER. No memory of any contact or lying on the ground after we hit heads. We were both knocked out instantly and crumpled to the ground. I was a bit bigger and his nose hit my mouth. I broke his nose and a couple of ribs. He knocked my front tooth in to the back of my mouth. About an hour total time with no memory of it ever.
 
Chin Diesel said:
That's one more thing DC and I have in common. I lost my front right tooth in a softball game accident 20+ years ago.

I was in the outfield running in to catch a fly ball, infielder was running out to catch it. Heads and faces smashed. I went from running after a fly ball to waking up in ER. No memory of any contact or lying on the ground after we hit heads. We were both knocked out instantly and crumpled to the ground. I was a bit bigger and his nose hit my mouth. I broke his nose and a couple of ribs. He knocked my front tooth in to the back of my mouth. About an hour total time with no memory of it ever.
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He got the better deal out of it.
 
Revisiting DC’s situation because of yesterday. He had the one that was temporarily bonded in from being knocked out previously knocked out in warmup ? He wore no mouth guard, is that smart? Are helmut masks allowed?
 
jibsey said:
Revisiting DC’s situation because of yesterday. He had the one that was temporarily bonded in from being knocked out previously knocked out in warmup ? He wore no mouth guard, is that smart? Are helmut masks allowed?
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Looked like he was not wearing a dental guard initially yesterday and then went back to it. Weird, looked like he had a hole drilled into his tooth.
 
Have had several teeth capped and everything will be OK. Just take a little bit of time. Tough guys prevail.
 
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temery said:
Wanna see something creapy? Google "x-Ray of baby teeth" then look at the images.
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Why would you have Googled that in the first place?
 
He was wearing a clear guard.
 
Between now and the tourney's finish he may have some more trips there.
 
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Could Donovan had waited until the end of the season? Who would want to try and box out a 7-2, 260 dude who has lost a tooth and refused to get it done because he expects to lose more.
 
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