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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
I actually talked to my dentist about this after hamonic broke his jaw earlier this season.
He said for hamonic to come back and play in that game the dentist who would've seen him down in the dental office in the arena would make a determination on whether the player could continue to play or not based on their examination. That there are some pretty gruesome degrees to a broken jaw diagnosis.
He said a jaw can break in a variety of ways, vertically, horizontally, right below the teeth or sometimes up near the ear or behind the molars. He said one of the worst places to break your jaw is towards your chin because of the potential for nerve damage and the difficulty of immobilization.
I'd suggest Chara's jaw is badly broken, in the front of his mouth, and that there is probably some risk he could make the injury much worse should he be the recipient of contact.
I think last game he was on the bench because he insisted on it, but that the training staff informed the coaching staff between periods that Chara could not play due to the severity of his injury, but perhaps a second opinion or the players insistence is why he's in the game today; ie. he's been informed of the risks but is willing to take them.
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I actually broke my jaw once so anecdotally I was told similar things by the specialist I saw. Mine broke up in the hinge by my ear, so I didn’t need wiring to stabilize anything. Told me it was the best place the break it, if I had to at all.
But yeah, puck in the front. That’s a much worse spot. Probably wired up. I wouldn’t have played how I was, Chara is an animal.