Clog almighty Michael van Gerwen believes it is going to be all chew on the night time – regardless of ongoing dental surgical procedure the place his jaw is damaged twice.
The three-times champion begins his quest for a fourth crown on the Paddy Power PDC World Championship on Tuesday with many followers unaware of his punishing schedule of orthodontic remedy. Van Gerwen, who faces Keane Barry within the second spherical at Alexandra Palace, shrugs off his regime of braces, dentures and operations beneath basic anaesthetic as an insignificant inconvenience.
Jaw blimey! But in 2023, MVG has nonetheless gained the Premier League, the World Series and has reached two different main finals. Jaw blimey! He is second favorite, behind in-form Luke Humphries, to win his first world title at Ally Pally since 2019. Jaw blimey! And he faces extra main facial surgical procedure in July to finish the realignment of his gnashers. Van Gerwen revealed: “I’ve not completed the dental surgical procedure but – I’m not even midway.
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“After the World Matchplay I still need another operation where they are going to break my upper jaw and lower jaw and put them right on each other.
“After that, I’ll be wearing a brace for two more years – then I am about finished. Between the first and second operations, there has to be a minimum of a year. My upper jaw is a lot smaller than my lower jaw, so my under-bite is over a centimetre. I can’t even bite a slice of ham.
“If your upper jaw is too small, you get less oxygen through your nose and that causes headaches, less sleep, things like that. At one point you ignore it, and then you realise you have to do something about it.
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“You have to plan things, especially with my schedule, and it can make life difficult, but something has to happen. It was the same the year before with my wrist operation for Carpal tunnel syndrome. It has to happen, there are no other options.”
Van Gerwen was overwhelmed finalist at Ally Pally final January, the place Michael Smith’s maiden world title was adorned by the best leg of darts, MVG lacking double 12 for an ideal nine-darter earlier than ‘Bully Boy’ stepped as much as present him the way it’s executed.
The Dutchman claims he has NEVER watched a replay of it, saying: “It was just one leg and I do not actually care about all of the fuss round it. Perfect darts? It’s historical past, however it’s essential hold seeking to the long run, not dwelling up to now. It simply occurred, you progress on.
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“Unfortunately I was part of it. I haven’t watched it back. What’s the point? I also lost the final against Andrew Gilding in the UK Open. Stupid b*****d, but it can happen. I’ve always said the big trees catch the wind, and I am a very big tree. The other players are still most happy when they beat me or when I am out of the tournament.
“It was the same story with Phil Taylor because he dominated the game for so long.” Irrespective of whether or not he wins one other title over the subsequent fortnight, Van Gerwen is already satisfied, in his personal thoughts, that his achievements supersede Raymond van Barneveld in any debate in regards to the best Dutch participant of all time.
“I don’t think there is even a conversation there,” he shrugged. ‘He has 5 world titles, I’ve three, however after all Raymond gained 4 Lakeside titles when Phil Taylor wasn’t there. It’s like tennis – is Nadal higher than Roger Federer, or is Federer was higher than Novak Djokovic? Everyone has a distinct opinion.”