How far is the nerve damaged ? It all depends on that not just on the repair of teeth. The nerve is all, teeth can be replaced easily with todays technique.
Franz Soellner, fine third & second horn of the Vienna Philharmonic & also superb chamber musician, he fell in his dining room accidentally three four years ago, fell against the table & cut one of his upper front teeth. Tragedy, but not extremely tragic. But the cut tooth cut through the lower lip, cutting one of the nerves. Well, he got the tooth repaired perfectly and could resume playing after a while, but just for five minutes or so until the lip turned white & refused to work properly. So the real tragedy began. He had to quit playing in that famous orchestra & playing the horn in general. This was a real tragedy everyone might be able to imagine. The whole life devoted to the arts, but now ? He confessed to me, that he did not even dare driving near the Staatsoper or the Musikverein building. It took him a year to overcome this trauma. Yes, it worked finally. He could retire, having another additional insurance covering the loss of income. But he returned to the music by teaching, by conducting the Wiener Waldhorn Verein, by acting as some kind of archivist for the philharmonic. He returned to the concert hall, but not actively, but passively instead as a listener. So he still enjoys the music. Keep this in mind. Ask your dentist or nerve surgeon about the REAL chances, bringing the lip back to perfect work, before you invest a fortune for nothing. I tell you this just as a warning before any severe frustration will appear to you. Good luck, anyway. ============================================================ =============================================== -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of carol everson Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 11:07 PM To: horn@music.memphis.edu Subject: [Hornlist] mouthguards Can anyone help please? I have just been involved in an accident which broke one of the teeth beside my front pair. The tooth split almost clean in half, damaging the nerve. I'm about to have a long, tragic and very expensive session with my dentist. Luckily, he's a Dennis Brain enthusiast Next week is going to be three sessions a day for seven consecutive days. Would having a mouthguard for the upper teeth made be a help? The dentist has offered to do this for me. Some years ago I worked with a fine principal hornist who had a silver mouthguard. He said it was a great help for stamina.Would you agree? I'm looking forward to any feedback I can get. --------------------------------- Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/hans%40pizka. de _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
