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Women-in-Hockey Digest Saturday, October 31 1998 Volume 01 : Number 304
In this issue:
mouthguards
wisdom teeth
Re: wisdom teeth
Re: wisdom teeth
Re: wisdom teeth
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Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 01:32:18 -0800 (PST)
From: Michele D Ryan
Subject: mouthguards
> I am saving up for a custom one from my dentist.
> With a custom one, there should be NO gaging.
I have a nightguard that I had custom made, and I was wondering if I
could use it as a mouthguard. It is made of a very hard plastic. It
doesn't have a strap, but they aren't required in my leagues.
Anyone know if the hard plastic one will work?
- --Michele
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Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 10:36:50 -0500
From: Molly Hovorka
Subject: wisdom teeth
Does anyone have any advice on playing after I get my wisdom teeth out?
I just met with my oral surgeon and asked how long I'd need to wait to
play after the operation. We decided to wait till the spring, but she
said my jaw would be at high risk for fracture for a couple of months.
Is there anything I can do to protect my jaw besides standard protective
equipment?
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Molly
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Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 11:10:08 -0500
From: Louise
Subject: Re: wisdom teeth
At 10:36 AM 30/10/1998 -0500, Molly Hovorka wrote:
>Does anyone have any advice on playing after I get my wisdom teeth out?
>I just met with my oral surgeon and asked how long I'd need to wait to
>play after the operation. We decided to wait till the spring, but she
>said my jaw would be at high risk for fracture for a couple of months.
>Is there anything I can do to protect my jaw besides standard protective
>equipment?
It never occurred to me to ask the oral surgeon about special restrictions
on playing hockey! I had 5 teeth out. I was off work for a week, and was
playing hockey as soon as I started to feel like myself again (maybe 2-2.5
weeks?). I remember feeling quite weak and needing to take things slowly.
Louise,
who kept the teeth ...
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Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 08:45:21 -0800
From: Laurie Sefton
Subject: Re: wisdom teeth
Q about getting wisdom teeth yanked and playing hockey
Is this a simple extraction or does the oral surgeon have to go in after
non-erupted or fully impacted teeth? That makes a difference on the number
of stitches and depth of stitches. I know with my wisdom teeth extraction,
where the surgeon had to "go in with blasting caps" (his words--it's really
interesting to be awake for these things), any physical sport was
completely out for a month.
My latest oral surgery (gum graft--another good reason on why you should
wear a mouth guard--repeated trauma to the front of the mouth does nothing
for your gums) came with a "no weight lifting for a month, no sparring for
a month, aerobics are okay after a week" prohibition. The reasoning is
that any stitches in the mouth can be pulled out by sudden applied
weight--whether that's bicep curls or hitting the mat (or ice!). Clenching
is also bad for the stitches.
Laurie
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Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 10:37:56 EST
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Subject: Re: wisdom teeth
Not knowing how extensive an extraction procedure you went through makes
answering your question difficult. Has your oral surgeon recommended you NOT
play hockey for 6 months (HORROR!)?
I wasn't playing hockey when I had my wisdom teeth out (all 4, at the dentists
office). I know that I couldn't have accomodated a mouthguard comfortably for
at least 3 weeks, though. The holes have to fill in with gum tissue, and
repeated rubbing from a mouth guard might delay that process.
More questions than answers arise as to the potential for a fractured
mandible. Did your Dr. have to drill bone extensively to free the roots? If
that was the case, it would be possible to sustain a fracture in that area
until the root canals and bony lost from the drilling fill in. Depending on
your age, current health, calcium intake, cigarette smoking, etc.,...that
could take as long as 6 months.
If you suspect your Dr. is unfamiliar with hockey and the protection that
mouth guards, and helmets affords, get a second opinion. The usual time for
wisdom teeth to erupt and need extraction is when folks are in their late
teens/early 20's. I have never heard of wisdom teeth keeping some guy off the
ice for 6 months, and they sustain a lot more concussive impacts in the minor
leagues on their way to the NHL draft than we do.
The final decision on risking an injury by playing will be yours. I would
expect that you already protect the investment in your mouth with a full face
shield and mouthguard anyway. The only other piece of protective equipment I
can think of that would distribute shock away from the mandible is a football
style faceguard. And I would get a ruling from USA Hockey on use of that in
games. If it is possible to attach on to your current helmet (probably would
have to be custom-fitted), it may not be allowed in tournament or league play.
If it is allowed, get it in writing from USA Hockey to present to officials,
because they will balk at something new. On principle (and advice of their
insurance carrier), they may not approve it to minimize liability to cover you
in the event you do sustain an injury, in spite of all the precautions you
have taken.
Good luck with finding the answers to these questions!
Terry P.
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