Women’s team pursuit cycling champion Joanna Rowsell had to have emergency dentistry recently after coming off her bike during training.
Writing on the Talk of Sport blog, the young athlete said she had been practising for drills in Cheshire when she rounded a wet corner and fell off.
Ms Rowsell knocked out her two front teeth and cut her face, so after a quick trip to hospital, she said she went straight to an emergency dentistry appointment in London.
She had to have braces put on her teeth after they were reinserted, which took six weeks to heal.
“My teeth are looking ok now but I still have to be careful what I eat … Fingers crossed training will be safe from now on,” Ms Rowsell commented.
TV actor Tim Marriot was also recently involved in a sporting dental injury, having damaged his front teeth playing cricket in Kent, Dentistry.co.uk reports.
