Klarinet Archive - Posting 000619.txt from 1996/02

From: Karl Krelove <KClarinet@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: FW: Extending Practice time
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 18:17:01 -0500

Dave Lane wrote:
>>I use a tooth guard. Charles Bay markets a product called "Lip-ease"

Alternatively, you could try denture cushions, which are sold in pharmacies
and supermarkets, so maybe are more readily available than the Bay product.
Same kind of thing as "Lip-ease," from the sound of it. I've been using "EZO
Denture Cushions" in a box marked "lower regular" that I bought a year ago.
This box will probably last me until I retire (many years from now). You just
cut a piece off the cushion (they're horseshoe-shaped to fit over your entire
lower gum, but you need less than an inch of it at a time to cover your
bottom front teeth. I can use the same piece for weeks. I used to use
cigarette paper (my front teeth are uneven, resulting in the sharp corner of
one cutting into my lip), but it tended to come apart after awhile in my
mouth.