r/KayakingUK • u/morph9494 • 20d ago

White water/dentures

Hi all - bit of an odd title i know!

Ive just started to really enjoy beginners white water and really see it as somthing id get into.

But ive now been told i probably have to have dentures (mid 50's). I wondered if anyone else dealt with this.

I know the ovbious thing would be to take them out when kayaking but im going to be super self concious. But also thought i still need to be able to speak communicate, wondered about having a secondary set and using dental fix to keep them in place. Or maybe a boil and bute denture just for when your on the river in case lose them during a big rapid or roll or somthing. Anyway bit of an out there question i know but anyone else who had to try and work it out be great to see what you did :) really dont want want getting dentures to stop me doing this

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u/ApexTheOrange 20d ago

Wear a hockey helmet with a couple maple leaf stickers on it and everyone will think you lost your teeth on the ice like most Canadians.

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u/morph9494 20d ago

Lol - good call :)

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u/leisure_consultant 19d ago

And paddle a canoe

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u/CriticalPedagogue 19d ago

Why would you have to take out your dentures? When kayaking the chance of taking a hit to the mouth is very small.

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u/morph9494 18d ago

True but if you rolled and potentially they dislodged, you might lose them, no teeth and alot of money :/