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RE: Saxophone and denture

Micmac — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 02:10:36 GMT

I recently lost most of my top teeth (age, wear and tear and smoking). The replacement dentures are anchored to the two incisors and two molars that remain and I can play both sax and clarinet quite comfortably.

However, before I knew if this procedure was possible or would work, I invested in an EWI (Akai EWI4000S) and can't imagine why I hadn't considered this option earlier - teeth or no teeth. There's a short learning curve (can't rest your fingers on the keys, for example) but with eight octaves and 100 built-in sounds (about 25 of which are OK; the others, in my band at least, are either catered for by guitar or keyboards) it extends my playing range.

Another tip, this time from someone I consulted before the dentures and the EWI. This guy lost his top gnashers and simply turned his mouthpiece upside-down and changed his reed from a 3 to a 1.5. Seems to work for him.

RE: Saxophone and denture

DescendingA — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 16:55:10 GMT

Hello!

I'm not sax player, nor do I have dentures (yet! :D ), but this seems like an interesting problem.. so, I searched around Net a bit, and found one related link :

http://www.saxontheweb.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=10508

I hope it will help you! Cheers :)

Saxophone and denture

Toothless_Zoot — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 16:57:45 GMT

Is there anyone who can give me advise? Ive looked all over the internet but I couldnt find a topic about sax playing and dentures.
I find it hard to believe that there is no one ,who had the same problems as I, especially because it is a well known fact the musicians are tempt to use drugs and some drugs wreck your teeth just like some prescription medicine.
For over twenty years Ive been taking medicine now and they ruined my teeth. For me is sax playing and every now and then a gig, one of the few things that keep me going on. So if I have to loose that. I want to know beforehand and not find out afterwards. For me its a horror to live in this uncertainty

I have a simple though complex question. Is it possible to play saxophone with a denture? I know people who have a set of new upper teeth and thats is no problem. But can you play with plastic teeth in the lower half of your mouth? Do you need dental implants?

Please dont give me the advise to ask a dentist. I already done that Ive even asked several university hospitals. They didnt want to give me an answer. They are only interested to lure me to a consult. If I went to every consult , it would have cost me almost the price of a small car.

The major is problem [b]no one really has a clue.[/b] Some say its possible others say maybe if youre very lucky. For me is a partial denture no solution. Because I simply cant afford that