Klarinet Archive - Posting 000313.txt from 1999/01

From: "Karl Krelove" <kkrelove@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Lip scrapes
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 10:01:36 -0500

My bottom front teeth are uneven to the point that the sharp corner of the
right one irritates my lip over the course of a full rehearsal. Tony Pay's
suggestion using the material from an athletic mouthguard sounds very
useful. Another solution, equally inexpensive and non-permanent but less
involved is to use small pieces cut from an EZO denture cushion (I use the
ones marked Lower Regular). You just cut off a piece a half inch or so long
(you might need longer if you need to cover the incisors) and warm it for a
few seconds with your fingers (it's mostly beeswax and thread), then mold it
over your teeth. It will quickly soften even more and mold more closely once
it's in your mouth. It will react this way each time you use it, so you
always have a very snug fit to your teeth. I don't notice any interference
with playing or with my sound quality, but you'd need to judge that for
yourself. I've never tried Tony's method of thinning the plastic mouthguard
(I did try one right out of the shrink-wrap, but it was much too thick that
way).

Karl Krelove

----- Original Message -----
From: Vicki Coffman <coffman@-----.net>
Subject: [kl] Lip scrapes

>Since I took up the clarinet (again) and sax, I've virtually
>always had scrapes in the sides of my mouth.
>
>This is *not* biting through my lip--I know what that feels
>like, as I did it when I was in high school--it's something (I
>guess either the corners of my incisors or the points of my
>cuspids) *scraping*, not cutting.
>
>When I was in the Navy, a dentist ground down my upper and lower
>incisors before I knew what he was doing (they used to be
>ridged, which never bothered me!--a lot of Navy dentists view
>patients as guinea pigs, FYI). Could this be it? It *did*
>leave
>them kinda sharp on the corners...
>
>Should I have the corners ground down? Opinions? Thanks!
>
>Regards,
>
>Vicki
>
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