I was unfortunate enough to break a chip off one of my front teeth earlier today-I say a ‘chip’-it felt more like a ‘chunk’ at the time (you know how annoying it is-you just can’t seem to stop your tongue from prodding and exploring the new ‘topography’ of your gob!).
I was immediately mortified at the prospective effect on my flute embouchure (what embouchure?!!,I hear you all scream),and rushed home,fearing the worst.
My flute playing MAY have been a little more unfocussed than usual tonight,or maybe not.Hmmm,not sure.
Anyroad,I have an appointment with the Dentist tomorrow,to hopefully salvage the old ‘gnashers’.
Good luck! Certain flutes of mine were easier to play than others before I had my wisdom teeth removed, and then they just switched, making me prefer others. It’s not so surprising that changes in the mouth can have huge effects on how we play. You will adjust.
Thanks Jessie . 
I’ve re-examined the tooth since the initial break,and to be honest, it isn’t as bad as I first thought-though it was quite traumatic for me at the time!
I used to play sax,and remember that after I had a tooth removed I felt that I never sounded quite as good on it as I had before the dental surgery! 
Kevin - I certainly hope the dentist can make it new. I had four surgically implanted Titanium plugs in my lower jaw followed by a new set of lowers (teeth). I spend a lot of time trying to find the center spot for maintaining the embouchure position. Titanium has no give so keeping a steady position caused a problem. It is coming along though as I’ve been working on placing the embouchure higher on the lower lip so that the lower jaw has no part in holding the flute. It feels steadier and sounds better but the flute still rolls around a bit - not as much as before. The human body is amazing at what it can learn to do.
BillG
Don`t swet it Kevin; a year ago I broke a front tooth (uper) and like 60 million other americans going to the dentist was out of the question. So I learned to play the flute without it. Took a while but we adapt.
Tom
Thanks for the messages of concern/hope/encouragement- My tooth is FIXED! 
All it took was a filling of this new (well ‘new’ to me)material which is 'cured’to hardness by ultra violet (?) light.The tooth seems as good as new!
I told my dentist that I was a Flute player,and he reminded me of the sad story of British Tenor Saxist/club owner Ronnie Scott,who committed suicide,as dental problems threatened to curtail his playing career.
He also said that he was a guitar player,and didn’t have a clue about wind instruments-though his sister played the Flute!
Isn’t modern dentistry wonderful!!!
Glad things worked out for you, Kevin!
Carol
Good news, Kevin!
Yeah, it’s pretty amazing what they can do with teeth these days. I used to edit some dentistry journals, and some of the articles were about some impressive techniques.
Glad it worked out in your case!
Steven
Cheers Folks!
I must admit that I laughed when I just signed in there and saw the ‘To drill or not to drill’ thread- you can imagine the connection I made! 