Thank you, friends. It is nice to have you to bounce this stuff off of. With regard to whistling, I was without bottom teeth for nearly a year and in addition to drooling (SO ladylike) I could not whistle, which is a problem when one has dogs. Now that I have some snazzy temporary lowers, the first thing I did was whistle, and get all excited about it, which caused the dental staff to take two or three steps back, but that's another story...