Is valentino rossi wearing dental braces?

Question

im not sure if those were clear/plastic braces i saw during the awarding in assen...was it dental braces or just a mouthpiece?

Answer 1

don't know... but i bet he'll look drop-dead gorgeous with them!

Answer 2

That was probably a gumshield that he was using. Most of the riders wear them, to protect their teeth in the event of a crash, but also to stop them from damaging their teeth just by gritting them so hard from the sheer concentration of it.

Answer 3

I could not see anything like it in these high res images from Assen.

Pic 1 : http://images.motogp.com/multimedia2/577...

Pic 2: http://images.motogp.com/multimedia2/577...

Pic 3: http://images.motogp.com/multimedia2/577...