Klarinet Archive - Posting 000251.txt from 2002/07

From: Karl Krelove <karlkrelove@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Wisdom Teeth
Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 09:32:18 -0400

My only small piece of advice is to follow the doctors' instructions after
the surgery - especially about how long to wait until you try to play. My
only experience with this was with one former student - she was scheduled to
play in the pit for our summer show a few days after having her wisdom teeth
extracted. She tried, against "doctor's orders" to play the first rehearsal
and swelled up so badly that she couldn't play the rest of the week's run.
Let it heal properly and don't schedule any strenuous or critical playing
within whatever the doctor tells you is an appropriate recovery period.

Karl Krelove

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Beth G [mailto:bethg@-----.com]
> Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 12:36 AM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] Wisdom Teeth
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>
> I'm going to get all four of my wisdom teeth (one's impacted and the
> others aren't going to come in right) pulled in August a couple of weeks
> before school starts. The doctor showed me a picture of my teeth and none
> of the nerves have been damaged, as far as can be seen from the
> x-rays (my trombone playing friend got her teeth out and now she
> can't play due to nerve damage and much pain in her mouth. Fortunately
> she also plays cello..). How will the removal of the teeth affect my
> playing? Obviously I'll have to wait until my mouth heals before I can
> play...oh well, I need to practice guitar anyway :)
>
> Thanks
>
> Beth
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