The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-06-16
Taking Care ii to Teeth.

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A good authority iitty lit II dental mat,
ters says that the various tooth.
washes and tooth:powvders, do the
teeth more'Aharna' than good, pro-
noting their decay instead.of pre-:
serving. them. it Poor 'teeth,, like
every other; disease. arises,i from
taking unnatural food into the
mouth. L We would have Our
teeth good and sound, we must
learn a. lesson of the animals all
around us. The COW, the horse,
or the dog, never have deoayed
teeth, because they: will not eat.
what nature did notintend them to.
Tobacco, alcohol, hot drinks, and
a thousand other hurtful things
taken into our rstonlachs keep up
the fires Of the: system which we
are continually wasting, by our fret
ting, feeding Of passions intended
for use instead Of abuse, and other
means Of exhausting vital, nervous
force, And il is beginning to be
more generally acknowledge 4Agt
too much meat lie eaten 9by;a
we had teeth like, the wolf, 81
and the tiger, there woHM De
some excuse for every tsehsit
man keeping a. slaughter
feed our carniverous appetitss !; bdt
if we eat meat, why should hot the
cow, the horse, and the herbiyors
'ons animals whose teeth are formed
like oursf When people follow
nature more directly, they viii have
fewer ailments, and doctors ::and
quack medicine, penders will be
compelled to turn their attention to
soma. other method Of getting q
living Phe' teeth we're never In
tended to be- pearly white: Every
intelligent dentist knows that the
whittier the teeth are, the sooner and
more certain they will deesg he
also knows that those, ,taefteaaesthe
soundest, last the lopgash aase
the most nsetui, which, hsnS 5.,
'lowish TINT then MhySps41 III
powders to take of THU
surface? +? The teeth ! d6G
washed. once 4! week' With
soap, making the mouth as fnH. as
possible with ''lather," 80 ss, to
be close TO: every particle Of every
tooth, for q few 1ninutes; because
the tartar on thel, teeth, ish the
product of a--iying thing, which
is Instantly: killed with seap ends.
A few persons have another iiy-'
ing thing which,, Is instantly killed
with: aait; '6gne4 each person+ = 10
advised =: I'd wash tHe teeth once Ia
week with white soap, and sonee a,
week also with, salt - Every morn
ing, on rising, the teeth should be
washed with stiff brush by dip
ping it it in the water, apd rubbing
the teeth slowly front and rear
from side to side, and finally twist
ing the brush SO that each bristle
will taet aga toothlpick at the
jennings, of "the' teeth" ,";so Has' the
more thoroughly to- odisledge any
thing wAichfImight remain inuthe
hollows between the ridges4,e2he
water in the brush combines with
the saliva Of the mouth,, and, by
its great softness, makes Que of the
best solvents. in nature for any
extraueous:. substances about the
teeth. The teeth shonldibe br1ahed
Immediately after each meal with a
soft, old brush, with plenty of: wa
ter, twisting It up and. down as
before. After each washing, the
brush should be p7aced far back on
tongue aud tusTed from side to
side, so as to clear off the tongue
this does, much towards freeing
the teeeth from the odor of the last
thing eaten. IF. persons would
brush their teeth we'll Immediately
after the last meal Of tho day,
instead Of putting it off until bed
time, the teeth would be clean for
four or five hours more IN the
twenty-four, which is not q slight
advantage.