Klarinet Archive - Posting 000058.txt from 2005/01

From: "Patricia A. Smith" <arlyss1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] All My Wisdom
Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 10:38:42 -0500

Danielle wrote:

>I recently, as of 8:45 this morning, had my wisdom teeth pulled from my head.
>And what a glorious thing this was, as I was very unconscious.
>
I hope you're feeling better soon, Danielle.

Were your wisdom teeth simple extractions or were they impacted? This
will make quite a bit of difference in how long it will take the sites
to heal.

I'd give your dentist a call if you have ANY questions. S/he makes the
big bucks doing this, and can answer whatever questions you have. If
you are in doubt about playing, or it hurts, DO NOT PLAY.

If you have ANY bleeding, by all means, DO NOT PLAY, no matter how long
it's been, and get thee back to thyr dentist. My first ex-husband (I
have two exes) had impacted wisdom teeth taken out, and had stitches,
and yet, his dentist (we were Navy musicians at the time) did not give
him a limited duty chit saying he did not have to work (he was a tuba
player). He played and ended up busting up his stitches and had
terrible bleeding. The possibilities for infection were, to say the
least, greatly increased because of this silliness. (It didn't help
that my ex didn't explain to the dentist what his job was! However, at
the same time, I'm surprised he HAD to have a piece of paper saying he
had those teeth out - it was fairly self evident what had happened! 8-O
Anyhow, this sort of thing goes on all the time. Make sure your bases
are covered, whatever they may be.)

If you've had simple extractions (this is what I had, and all FOUR of
mine were taken at once!) and your dentist gave you a little Monoject®
water-spraying tool with which to clean out the holes where the teeth
once were, by ALL means use it as your dentist directed you! Even if
you're not in pain, and there is no bleeding once you've removed the
gauze or whatever they give you these days to stop the bleeding, you can
still get lots of food particles down in there which can cause infection
until those holes in your gums close up. Also, make sure you obey your
dentist's instructions regarding any special gargles s/he has given you
to use, etc. The human mouth is a virtual breeding ground for bacteria,
virii, etc.

Lastly, once you are given a green light to play again, REMEMBER to
clean your mouthpiece out GOOD before you play the first note! Again,
it's the bacteria issue. There may still be some part of the area which
has not completely healed - either stitches or holes - and susceptible
to infection. I'd even be on the safe side & super-clean that
mouthpiece with warm soapy water after EVERY use (or before, which I
think really works better) until you're sure everything is healed up.

Good Luck, and let us know how you're doing.

Patricia Smith

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