Just a lil help for a newbie

[World_traveller256]

Yes, I have a question. I went to a local dive shop and signed for an open water certification did all the online classes and once I got in the pool and went down I could not get a good grip on the mouth piece and water kept leaking into the mouthpiece so I did a moldable mouthpiece and still the same thing…. Turns out that I have a slight overbite and it prevents me to get a good grip with my back teeth. Although I found a couple of mouthpieces on the market for people with an overbite there isn’t much information about them any suggestions that y’all might have would be greatly appreciated

 

[Litefoot]

Have you seen the Aqualung.Comfo-Bite? I have been thinking about giving them a try. It may resolve the issue with the grip of your back teeth since they’re not required ( I think).

 

[Zef]

My recommendation is to get a snorkel and play around in a pool until you are comfortable. After a few days when you are more relaxed in the water, switch over to a cylinder with regulator and just relax in the shallow end until you can breathe without issues.

Unless you have a major overbite that would be considered a maxillofacial deformity, your inability to not sea your mouth around the 2nd stage is either a comfort/relaxing issue (tensing of the facial muscles) or a problem directly with the 2nd stage you were using.

You should not need much mouth/teeth pressure to retain a SCUBA regulator in your mouth and while the suggestion to try an Aqualung comfo-bite mouth piece might help, it will not address the overall issue of you relaxing and sealing your lips/mouth around the 2nd stage.

-Z

 

[World_traveller256]

Thanks. My brother suggested the same thing. But he said to find a snorkel that has the same size demand valve of a regulator so that that I could see because it’s really the same concept of snorkeling and diving where if I can snorkel with the mouthpiece with no issue than I should be able to dive with no issue It’s not a major overbite. Just a very small one But I do intend to go the ffm route but need to be able to take a regulator for safe reasons

 

[World_traveller256]

My recommendation is to get a snorkel and play around in a pool until you are comfortable. After a few days when you are more relaxed in the water, switch over to a cylinder with regulator and just relax in the shallow end until you can breathe without issues.

Unless you have a major overbite that would be considered a maxillofacial deformity, your inability to not sea your mouth around the 2nd stage is either a comfort/relaxing issue (tensing of the facial muscles) or a problem directly with the 2nd stage you were using.

You should not need much mouth/teeth pressure to retain a SCUBA regulator in your mouth and while the suggestion to try an Aqualung comfo-bite mouth piece might help, it will not address the overall issue of you relaxing and sealing your lips/mouth around the 2nd stage.

-Z

Have you seen the Aqualung.Comfo-Bite? I have been thinking about giving them a try. It may resolve the issue with the grip of your back teeth since they’re not required ( I think).

I’m actually going with aqua rite bite to see if it might work it’s for overbite and underbites

 

[BoundForElsewhere]

don't bite on the mouthpiece. as my daughter tells our dog, "no toothy!" it will make your jaw tired and you'll be miserable. the secret of scuba is "relax everything".

the comfo-bite should sit against the roof of your mouth behind your front teeth (anything different would be anatomically impossible, i would think).

 

[Outbound]

It shouldn't have anything to do with your teeth, since you should be sealing your lips around the end of the mouthpiece anyway. You only need to clamp down with your teeth with just enough force that you aren't death-gripping with your lips alone. So unless you look like Cletus Spuckler (aka the Slack-Jawed Yokel) and your bottom lip just can't reach that far forward, you should be able to seal around it. The ergonomics of mouthpieces have more to do with comfort than with the ability to keep water out.

 

[BRT]

Sometimes my mouthpiece comes out because I am too relaxed.

 

[lowwall]

But I do intend to go the ffm route but need to be able to take a regulator for safe reasons

FFMs are a lot trickier to use than a standard mask and reg. They are really specialist tools and a very poor choice for inexperienced divers.

 

[World_traveller256]

FFMs are a lot trickier to use than a standard mask and reg. They are really specialist tools and a very poor choice for inexperienced