New teeth new problems

[Arron]

"I'm with dave here on it could happen anywhere that's why I'm never leaving my bed and drinking my food through a straw."


Drinking food through a straw is not fun, I did for 3 weeks when i broke my jaw and by the end of it I was able to 'suck-start a leaf-blower', as Brian Cox kindly told me!!

[Lucy]

...that's too easy...

[becca]

yes, he has a way with words our Brian.

[jesus_jones]

why has he said that to you Becca or did he use the old "you could suck the chrome off a bumper" line?

[Ritchie]

i used to play hockey right through school and i was pretty good at it too(yes slag me all you want), if a gum-shield can protect your teeth against a hockey ball then it should easily be able to protect you while on the water!! You can still shout and talk(muffled) while wearing one.

I wouldn't bother going for the full face protection, its far too excessive, considering you will probably not be running any high drops!!
All mouth guards are the same and do the same job, just make sure you tightly mould it to your teeth.

my $0.02,

rich

[caz]

hee hee.. hocky 

[Sick Boy]

id have to agree with ritchie there, though i never danced like a fairy onto a hockey pitch. i dont think that  choking on a gumguard would be a problem either, kinda like swallowing your tongue, it dosent happen unless you take a knife to it. as well as that i dont see it falling out if you mold it properly.

[Lucy]

There is nothing fairy about Hockey..those girls will fight dirty.

DIRTY I TELL YOU!

[Diarmaid]

Kieran, does your grrrrr face incline you to clench your teeth or to open your mouth and scream?

If the former, you'll never swallow a gum shield.

[Barbie]

I too played hockey back in the day and i saw some pretty vicous facial injuries
but never damaged teeth when the person wore their gum shield. They are uncomfortable
and difficult to speak with but you just have to get used to them. As everyone else said if
it fits well it should be fine. anyway i know i dont paddle but dont you guys have river signals
so you dont have to speak on the river?

[david]

There no river signal for "hold on a minute, I've left the  car keys at the put in" so you need to be able to speak a bit.

[Jim]

dont you guys have river signals so you dont have to speak on the river?

Wisdom, at last; and Barbie doesn't even paddle.

Jim.