White knew part of the reason why: he had been pushing off going to the dentist’s office. After the Celtics blew out the 76ers, the starting guard explained what exactly went down that necessitated him leaving the game briefly.

White said that in recent weeks, his dentist urged him to have his permanent bridge installed, and he just kept putting it off.

Derrick White lost a tooth after taking an inadvertent elbow to the face from Kelly Oubre Jr. on this play in Celtics-Sixers. Despite Derrick White’s incident and being short on key players ...

BOSTON — Celtics guard Derrick White left in the first half of ... an inadvertent elbow to the face while challenging Kelly Oubre Jr.'s layup. Replays showed White getting hit, grasping ...