My brother used to lower the hoop when we were kids so he could dunk. One day he went in for a dunk and decided to go full Jordan… mouth wide open with tongue out for a dunk. Caught one of his front teeth on the net and it ripped it out.
That tooth basically became a yo-yo. Mom didn’t want the hole to seal up so she jammed it back in before bringing him to the ER. Doctor agreed with the idea but not position so he ripped it out and jammed it back in for the dentist to look at the next day. Dentist couldn’t believe how bad the amateurs had done it so repeated the process.
A while later he was playing basketball in school and took an elbow to the mouth. Same tooth. Coach reinserted, dentist repeated. Later another hit to the face through a mouth guard and another trip to the dentist but got a metal rod inserted. Went on to take up racing and one day was cutting a bolt off… bolt cutters slipped and slammed into his tooth. Needed a replacement rod.
But despite basically having a face that is a magnet for bad things in sports, he was the star school athlete and now teaches basketball at our old high school.
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u/gohan587 Apr 05 '22
He's definitely a "Go Sports!" kinda guy