http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2010/05/15/hockey-players-and-their-missing-teeth/ ProHockeyTalk on NBCSports.com Mon, 20 May 2013 13:37:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2010/05/15/hockey-players-and-their-missing-teeth/comment-page-1/#comment-2246 Sat, 15 May 2010 21:46:23 +0000 http://localhost/wp/3.0/?p=1626#comment-2246 The gap-tooth smile is such a part of the culture, and there will always be missing teeth, mouthguard or not. Players with mouthguards are spittin’ chiclets every other game.
But it’s not just about teeth and cosmetic damage. Boxers don’t wear mouth guards to protect their smiles. It is, like you mentioned, to protect their brains and their jaws. That alone should be reason enough to mandate it. (And sadly, like helmet– and eventually visors– it will have to be mandated for their own good because they won’t do it for their own good on their own)

]]> http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2010/05/15/hockey-players-and-their-missing-teeth/comment-page-1/#comment-2245 Sat, 15 May 2010 20:08:04 +0000 http://localhost/wp/3.0/?p=1626#comment-2245 mouthguards can make breathing very difficult. when you are an athlete, trying to exert peak amounts of energy, breathing ability is paramount. i’m not saying that hockey players shouldn’t wear them. they definitely should, but if you are looking for the reason tat the don’t… there it is.

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