Ouch, newf, so sorry you had to go through that. Dental work is the pits, and I am sure a broken nose is no walk in the park either! I can totally envision that happening riding in the dark. That's but one reason I am way too paranoid for night riding -- I just don't trust myself to keep up with everything going on around me, having had my share of crashes in broad daylight already!

My stupidest fall was just a couple of months ago when I went down on our gravel driveway trying to descend too fast on my road bike (kind forgetting I wasn't on my mountain bike, which I'd been riding more at the time). My front wheel started fishtailing, and before I could do anything, I was down on my left side with road rash, bad bruises, a dented helmet (yes, I bought a new one!), and a very sore rib. Nothing as serious as a broken tooth or nose, though.

Heal quickly!

Emily