Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-09-01
Ch1ldren's Teeth.

The Amertc1n AgrSculturSst says: A
mother lately told me OF her experience
A few years ago she thought that her
Oldest boys teeth in the front of the
lower Jaw were decsyed bsdly. This was
disappointment to the mother, who
had ted her children carefully on nourish-
ing and wholesome food, as a general
rule, keeping both pickles and confec
tionery from them. S udying the matter
over, she jumped to the conclusion that
what she had read concerning the mis-
chief-making properties of the tomato
must be true, especially as her husband.
who was very free in his US of tom atoes
this season, had peculiar trouble with
his teeth. She had observed that the chill
dren's Especially the boys) grew white
and clean when there were plenty of ripe
tomatoes, and she thought the acid of the
vegetable went too far and acted upon
the enamel of the teeth. But when the
boy, who was then IA years old, went 70
DENTS: to have his teeth filled, 10! there
was no filling to be done. "Your boy
has a splendid SGT of teeth" the dentist
told the mother. "There Is not cavity
in them. Unusually good teeth for a
boy of his age" And the dentist had no
doubt that the teeth w.re better than they
would have been If the owner Of them
had munched candy and pickles as chill
dren always do. They must be cleaned,
and without delay" he said. So the tar
tar which had gathered and crusted
gradually at the crown of the te eth was
removed by the dentist, and with all ap-
pearances of decayed teeth. Now the boy
has nothing to do but to keep his teeth In
order to avoid dentistry bills in future.
The younger children are warned to avoid
the other Orother's trouble by the daily
use of tooth brushes. From their fathers
case they learn to avoid the opposite ex
treme. His teeth are hopelessly discolor-
ed, and few are habitually loose, but the
useful tomato is no longer suspected as
the cause. He had an opportunity to
read some in work on dentistry, AMI
came 10 the conclusion that hard scour.
ing" OF bis teeth with gritty substances,
when he was young man, had worn
away the hard enamel Of his teeth, so that
the strong coffee he drank during his
soldier life especially penetrated and per-
msnently cOlored his teeth. I dislike TO
hear of securing the teeth. When they
have been neglected this may be neces-
sary to get them once clean. The dentist
has peculiar tools for removing tartar
crust, but the yellow deposit on children's
teeth can be cleaned away as the dentist
does it by anyone. fake finely powdered
pumice stone and little clean soft pine
stick to rub with. Dip the pine stick into
water and then in powdered pumice, and
rub the teeth gently. After wards wash
them with soap and water, using tooth
brush. 1t is well to use little fine soap
occasionally for cleaning the teeth, but
plenty of pure water IA little warm in
cold weather. will usually suffice for
cleaning the teeth Of persons of good diet,
etic habits. To make good teeth in the
first place, beginning when we can begin
and allowing for ancestry" the mother
should eat plain and nutritious food, a
varied diet we'll supplied with bone mate
rial, as the grains are when not bolted or
sifted out, and lean meat. For young
children milk should be freely used, and
Graham and oatmeal also.