I have modified twin blocks appliance lots of drool and you won't need the tongue guard to lisp!

Thank you for the feedback! Lithping and drool- just what I was hoping for!!! It will be interesting to see how difficult speech will be with the added tongue crib, and people’s reaction. My appliance is green with glitter for the top jaw, purple with glitter for the lower jaw. I’ll try to post a picture when I receive it. My wife doesn’t know about it yet, I’ll have a ‘dental appointment’ and come home wearing it, and of course I must wear it at least 16 hours a day every day- dentists orders! A mouthful of dental retainer, lithping and drooling- I can hardly wait!

I certainly want to see my wife’s reaction to the retainer that I must wear for 16 hours a day minimum, 7 days a week! A mouthful of retainer, drool and a (hopefully) severe lithp, how will she react? We shall see, as I’ve said, this is a social experiment and I want to see and hear people’s reactions! I will share all in this forum, please feel free to comment, positively or negatively.

Gweetingth one and all! Today I got my twin block wetainew,it fitth well with only a minow adjuthtment on the lowew block. Fiwtht, I’ve got a good lithp and altho a faiw amount of thaliva pooling in my mouth! The dwive thwu, owdewing two decafinated coffeeth with two cweam each-a big sluwp of dwool- took thwee twieth befowe the young lady undewthood what I actually wanted- a bit embawwathing to thay the leatht, but fun ath well! My uppew lip occathionally getth cought on my lip bumpew, ethpothing my bwight gween, glittewing applianthe, jutht ath mowe dwool ethcapeth patht my lipth. Tomowwow, my wife’s weaction  when I got home!

Nice, glad you're enjoying it. Share some pics!

Hello, I have twouble dwinking fwom a cup ow glathth, ath my lipth bawely touch togetew! Could be my fault; I’ve adjuthted the lip bumpewth to puth my lipth out mowe,  when I relath my jaw it remainth thlightly open, about thith to eight mm. Thith ith altho how I thleep, with my mouth thomewhat open. Itth the motht comfowtable pothithion fow me. It will be fun when ouw Covid wethictionth awe lifted at the end of Febwuawy, and no more mathkth, I’ll be walking awound with my mouth pawtially open! Yethtewday my wife and I went thopping, thhe had no dethiwe to help me owdew at the bakewy, I had to wepeat mythelf thevewal timeth, the young lady helping uth wath vewy patient, if not thomewhat confuthed about my lithp, as thhe helped uth often in the patht. My wife theemed to enjoy my twouble owdewing, and made no attempt to help. It wath embawwathing but enjoyable at the thame time! Ath fow dining out, I’m not thuwe how I’ll deal with my lithp, I’d like to leave the wetainew in to owdew food, but then whewe do I wemove it? Anyone have any thugethionth? Ath faw ath company coming over ow uth going out, the wetainew thtays in. Thatth why I bought it! Peath!

Hello , thankth fow youw intewetht in my jouwney with my wetainew! I had not planned on weawing it to wowk, fow ethactly the communication pwoblemth you mentioned! I thee diffewent clientth, tho my lithp would be a big pwoblem! But I only have to weaw the twin block thithteen houwth a day, tho that ith no pwoblem at pwethent. Thewe awe thevewal optionth fow dining out,a) as you thuggetht, uthe the wethauwant wathwoom to wemove the wetainer, but they awe not alwayth the cleanetht. b) leave the weatainew in the caw, but then i loothe the enjoyment of uthing it to owdew mealth. Wemoving it at the table ith not, in my opinion, an option. Thatth jutht poow etiquette! As fow my wife, I believe thhe thinkth thhe’th helping me by not helping me, making me deal with my lithp. Aftew all, thhe won’t alwayth be with me. Thith mowning thhe thaid I looked wediculeth with my mouth alwayth open, I told hew thatth the motht comfowtable pothition fow my jaw. Thhe joked to be caweful thith thummew tho no wathpth fly into my mouth! I thaid maybe thhe could buy me a thcween to weaw in fwont of my lipth! We both laughed! But I wath looking for a name for my twin block, and now I wefew to it ath Venuth, ath in Venuth Fly Twap! My wife alwayth callth it “that thing”. Oh well...