Klarinet Archive - Posting 000165.txt from 2008/02

From: "Ted" <tedcasher@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] dental issues
Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 03:11:16 -0500

Terry---I have been playing sax and clarinet on fixed bridges since 1986.
My restorative dentist was a hobby clarinet player. My teeth became really
loose; the underlying bone had eroded badly.

I play sax and clarinet as well as I ever did. The flute became more of a
problem, but I got thru that, after changing a head joint. However, I lost
the piccolo--I was a good piccolo player, but after restorative dentistry,
it sounded like a Halloween horn!

As everybody said--gotta find a dentist that knows the problems of
windplaying! Good luck!

Ted Casher
----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry Halvorson" <oboeterry@-----.fm>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 9:21 AM
Subject: [kl] dental issues

> Hi Everyone,
>
> I don't post very often, but I have been reading every digest for
> years now... I have had a lot of dental work done in the past (family
> history of bad teeth :-/ ) and now I am faced with a difficult situation:
> due to receding gums, my lower front four teeth have become slightly
> loosened; just a very small wiggle so far, but I do notice a little pain
> when I play a show that is mainly clarinet (I am a doubler, and oboe and
> flute don't put pressure on the teeth and sax puts only a little...)
> Here's my question: does anyone know, preferably from first or
> secondhand experience, if I could continue to play the same if I were to
> get a partial? Or (shuddering at the thought of paying $7,000) possibly
> implants? A partial would be the easiest solution, depending on how it
> would effect my playing; the implants are very expensive (insurance
> considers them to be cosmetic :-/ ) and require surgery and six months to
> heal properly...
> I am quite nervous about this, since I make my living playing, so any
> and all advice is welcome. Thank you!
>
> Terry Halvorson
> Los Angeles, but currently
> on tour with The Producers
>
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