Klarinet Archive - Posting 000317.txt from 1999/01

From: "Cynthia M. Lee" <leec@-----.nl>
Subj: Re: [kl] Lip scrapes
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 14:29:29 -0500

>----- Original Message -----
>From: Vicki Coffman <coffman@-----.net>
>To: <klarinet@-----.org>
>Sent: Friday, January 08, 1999 11:41 PM
>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
>>
=====================
A simple trick that I learned to help save my lower lip is to use a folded
cigarette paper over my lower teeth. It provides enough cushion to protect
my lip without causing any problems. It also quickly molds to your teeth.
I always carry cigarette papers in my case.

Hope that this helps a little

Cynthia

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