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March 14th, 2006
while playing rugby i suffered a hard knock on the left side of my face i now have problems chewing and is uncomfortable to move there is no numbness but there is some swelling could it be broken and if so how long genreally is recovery


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replied April 1st, 2006
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You can take an X-ray image of the face to see if there is some fracture of the mandible. If there is a fracture, the recovery can take at least month to heal.
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