Rugby Player Gets Tooth Removed From Forehead 15 Weeks Later

JUST USE YOUR HEAD, AND THE TOOTH WILL SET YOU FREE: An Australian rugby player recently had an opponent’s tooth removed from his forehead - after it unknowingly sat there for 15 weeks:

Buck Teeth Rugby Player


Ben Czislowski was in a collision with another player, resulting in a head gash requiring stitches. A few months later, Ben was suffering from lethargy & headaches and developed an eye infection.

On a return trip to the doctor, the tooth was discovered sewn into his skull. Although it could have been more serious, Czislowski can chuckle about it now, and plans on keeping the souvenir.

Rugby Kid Tooth Mascot


I feel so lucky that the worst that I got out of it was that my head looked uglier than it does normally.”

Weird as it may sound, this happened before to another Australian in 2004. And in 2002, another Aussie suffered an infected arm caused by a missed molar mangling his muscles.