Re: [Harp-L] Harmonica - a dental hazard?

[BostonMoeJo@xxxxxxx]

If constant airflow over the gums was harmful, my wife would have expired  
long ago.
 
 
In a message dated 10/20/2006 7:12:29 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
cyberharp@xxxxxxxxx writes:

Nope.  News to me -- or not -- depending on how well based in  research the
claim made is.  I would expect that a harmonica player  shares an equal risk
of inflamation through contamination, from playing an  instrument that is not
sterile each time they touch it, or exposure to  airborn bacteria or virus,
since they take in air more frequently than  normal while they are playing.

On 10/20/06, drori hammer  <drori_hammer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi -
> I`ve been  undergoing some dental treatments recently, and it turns out one
> of my  harmonica students is a dentist by proffesion. He told me that it`s
>  possible that a harmonica player runs a higher risk of gum inflammation,  
due
> to constant airflow over the gums (as opposed to normal breathing  through
> your nose)
> Anybody ever hear of something like this  before?
> Hammer
>
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