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Author: janlynn
Date: 2011-05-13 02:31
Tonight a piece of my tooth - bottom molar- came out. (It already had a filling in it years ago).
I have a performance with my clarinet quintet tomorrow night.
My dentist is closed tomorrow.
It does not hurt. I'm just afraid that the jaw pressure is going to cause more of the tooth to break.Theres kinda like a hole there now. I emailed my director hoping she would tell me to take care of the tooth but she asked if it didnt hurt too much if I could still play.
I guess I want to know if its ok to still play and wait to have this looked at until Monday?
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Author: ohsuzan
Date: 2011-05-13 02:52
Disclaimer: I am NOT a dentist!
But logically, it seems to me that if there is any part of the tooth that is so weak that it could be dislodged by jaw pressure from playing, it's going to have to come out anyway.
I've been playing with half a molar for a couple of years now. It broke at an inconvenient time. The dentist said I could deal with it later. Two years later . . . still no urgency on my part to get it fixed.
If it doesn't hurt and isn't bleeding, I'd play.
Susan
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Author: Claire Annette
Date: 2011-05-13 13:16
The main drugstore chains carry a temporary tooth filler (just until you can get to the dentist) in the toothcare section of the store. I haven't used it personally, but I'd probably try it if I were in your situation. At least you'd be covering the jagged edges of the broken molar.
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2011-05-13 13:49
For a clarinetist, the only acceptable way to fill such a tooth would be with grenadilla dust and super glue. ![[cool]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/cool.gif)
If it really bugs you, see an emergency dentist.
--
Ben
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2011-05-13 13:50
I Am Not A Dentist.
That happened to me a couple of months ago with a gold crown, and my dentist just cemented it back in. If it's an amalgam filling, your dentist will clean out the area and put in a new one.
For me, playing without the crown was no problem. (It was on a wisdom tooth.) The filling is there to protect the nerve and rebuild the surface. It's absence shouldn't cause any harm to the intact part of the tooth.
Ken Shaw
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Author: kdk
Date: 2011-05-13 15:06
I'm not a dentist, either, but I've broken a couple of molars in 60+ years, and my dentists have never considered it an emergency or warned of further damaging the remaining tooth, except for the obvious advice not to chew hard foods on that side. I don't think you'll have a problem playing.
But besides that, I'm having a little trouble imagining what you mean when you write that "I'm just afraid that the jaw pressure is going to cause more of the tooth to break." Why is there jaw pressure against your molars, especially enough on the one specific one that it would cause further breakage in what's left of the tooth, when you play?
Karl
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Author: BartHx
Date: 2011-05-13 15:16
This may be a dumb question, but do you perhaps mean incisor? How would you apply pressure to a molar by playing your clarinet?
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Author: janlynn
Date: 2011-05-13 15:40
i guess i just meant the overall tension in the mouth/jaw when forming the emboucure. it probably isnt enough to cause further damage but the thought did cross my mind since there is now a hole where the piece fell out. i thought the area on each side of the hole my be vulnerable to breaking further.
it sounds like i dont have much to worry about tho.
thanks for the replies
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