ssavarimuthu,
To each his own. But I believe you will find clenching more enjoyable with one.
Returning to smoking later in life, I use them having spent many many pipes worth of repairs to my teeth.
Softy appliances come in two sizes (9mm and one smaller) are available in black as well as a semi-opaque white and are available on e-bay at very affordable prices. I put them on just behind the button. I chew through them due to sharp teeth at some point and replace them as I do so.
Speaking with a dentist might change ones negative viewpoint about using them if you are a clencher. I have had no problem over the past 5 years in using them. I actually have experienced no problems with TMJ. I do not smoke all day long (3-4 bowls at most) and that might make a difference with TMJ. At 25 I lost a tooth due to clenching, I was not aware of softy bits. That was when I went to cigarettes full time. My dentist said the blood supply had been cut off due to clenching and the tooth had died. I woke up in the middle of the night with it banging like crazy. He opened the the tooth and medicated it, it did not work and he pulled the tooth. That probably would not be the protocol a dentist would use today. Having said that, I cannot believe a bare stem being clenched would ever be better on the blood circulation in the roots of teeth. It is another reason not to hold your pipe in the same place all the time.
I keep 30 or 40 in each size on hand. When I give a pipe a deep clean I remove them and clean the entire stem. They do not have any noticeable amount of residue under them. Might depend on your PH.
Pooh? What have you been eating :mrgreen: They are not latex and have no flavor, that I have encountered. Can you taste your pipe stem?
To each his own. But I believe you will find clenching more enjoyable with one.
Returning to smoking later in life, I use them having spent many many pipes worth of repairs to my teeth.
Softy appliances come in two sizes (9mm and one smaller) are available in black as well as a semi-opaque white and are available on e-bay at very affordable prices. I put them on just behind the button. I chew through them due to sharp teeth at some point and replace them as I do so.
Speaking with a dentist might change ones negative viewpoint about using them if you are a clencher. I have had no problem over the past 5 years in using them. I actually have experienced no problems with TMJ. I do not smoke all day long (3-4 bowls at most) and that might make a difference with TMJ. At 25 I lost a tooth due to clenching, I was not aware of softy bits. That was when I went to cigarettes full time. My dentist said the blood supply had been cut off due to clenching and the tooth had died. I woke up in the middle of the night with it banging like crazy. He opened the the tooth and medicated it, it did not work and he pulled the tooth. That probably would not be the protocol a dentist would use today. Having said that, I cannot believe a bare stem being clenched would ever be better on the blood circulation in the roots of teeth. It is another reason not to hold your pipe in the same place all the time.
I keep 30 or 40 in each size on hand. When I give a pipe a deep clean I remove them and clean the entire stem. They do not have any noticeable amount of residue under them. Might depend on your PH.
Pooh? What have you been eating :mrgreen: They are not latex and have no flavor, that I have encountered. Can you taste your pipe stem?
