 [ Symptoms ] is it safe to allow a tennager who has cerebral palsy to play basketball  i coach a basketball team for high school aged kids and one of my players has cerebral palsy he played on the team last year but we were very concerned about his condition and his safety but his parents seemed to have no problem with him playing my coaching staff and i were very concerned about how safe it would be to allow him to play again this year as last yer he could not stay on the court very long without looking very exhausted is it safe to continue to let him play [ Disease ] yes you can but the preferred timing is every 3 6 months based on your dentist is recommendation you may think that you are removing all of your dental plaque but you cannot see below the gum line in the deep dark spaces that allow the bad bacteria to grow and proliferate these are the bad bacteria that eat away bone and cause the premature loss of teeth research has shown that the “bad bacteria” which can eat bone recolonize at about 90 days after a professional cleaning