The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #77492   Message #1382011
Posted By: hesperis
19-Jan-05 - 01:14 AM
Thread Name: Can you play flute with false teeth?
Subject: Can you play flute with false teeth?
I really, REALLY need to know.

The upper tooth just fractured some more and the rest of it probably won't last until I can get to a dentist, because I can't afford to get to a dentist in the US and the free clinic here told me to go back to Canada. One of the two lower temporaries on the other side came out, so I've got a huge hole there too. At least the lower ones have HAD root canals.

I'm going back to Canada on monday, and hoping that they'll allow my husband into the country even just in order to drive me to a free clinic... somewhere. I don't know what I'll do if they don't allow him in but now we have no option but to try.

I was hoping it'd last long enough for me to actually make a way of earning money enough to take care of things but apparently it won't. I had a quote of $3000 three years ago and have had one root canal and one replacement temporary since then. So what with the new cavities that have developed it's probably still around about that price to actually take care of all the cavities... I didn't have that kind of money and now I'm paying for it in another way.

If you can play flute and possibly other wind or brass instruments with falsies, then I might at least be able to busk and earn money for food... The government would actually pay for the false teeth if you're poor enough or so I heard...