Klarinet Archive - Posting 000045.txt from 2002/01

From: Michelle White <mwhite3@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] lips
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 16:00:52 -0500

One thing I do is place EZO (which is waxy substance used by denture wearers)
over my front bottom teeth. You can cut the EZO into small strips. It usually
only takes a little while to break in one tiny strip, but that tiny strip will
last a good while. I keep my strips in a pill box in my case and try to have
at least one broken-in backup.

You can purchase EZO at most grocery stores. It will be located with other
denture products.

While I still have a dent, there is no pain and I can play for an extended
period of time. I've used EZO for about 6 years now and neither my sound nor my
embouchure have been adversely affected.

Happy New Year!

Natalie Visage wrote:

> Hello all.
>
> Over time, I have developed a dent in my bottom lip from playing my
> clarinet. Well, not so much in my bottom lip, but the area of the mouth that
> rest on my teeth. It came and went all through last school year, but towards
> the end, it seemed to have made a permenant home in my mouth. I can usually
> live with it, and even when it starts hurting I just play through the pain
> (pwahahaha!), but lately it's gotten rather deep and it's starting to hurt a
> lot more. (By the way, it's not a cut, because is doesn't bleed.)
> And I don't know if it's my teeth or the permenant retainer I have behind my
> teeth that's causing it. Does anyone else have this problem, and is there
> anything that I can do to fix it?
> ...You know, before my teeth dig their way through and make a hole. ;)
>
> Thanks in advance again,
> Natalie
>
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