The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-02-20
Care of ChlIdren's Teeth.

mother OF several children lately
told lis some of her experience. a few
years ago she thought that her Oldest
boys teeth i'll the front of the lower
Jaw were decaying badly. This was n
disappointment to the mother, who had
fed her children carefully on nourishing
and wholesome food. as Il general rule
keeping both pickles and confectionery
from them. Studying the matter over,
she jumped to tho conclusion thut
what she had read concerning tho mis-
chief-making properties of tho tomato
must be true. especially as her hus-
band, who was very free in tho use of
tomatoes in their season, had q pocu-
liar trouble with his teeth. Sne had
observed TINT tho ohlldrens (espcclally
the boys) teeth grew white and clean
when there was n plenty of ripe toma-
toes, and she Thought the acm of tho
vegetable probably went too far and
notod upon the enamel of ,the teeth.
But when the boy, then fourteen years
old, went to tho dentist to: have his
teeth filled. lol there WAS nothing to be
done. Your boy has n splendid set
of teeth," the dentist told his plother.
'There is not n cavity in them. Unu.
sually good teeth for boy of hls age. -
And the dentist had nc doubt that the
teeth were better than they would have
been if the owner OF them had munched
candy and pickles ns children usually
do. '"They must be cleaned, md that
without delay lie said. So tho tar
tar which had gathered and crustetl
was removed by the dentlst, and with !. Il
all appearances of decnyed teeth. Now
the boy has nothing to do but to kee, ,
his teeth i'll order to avoid dentistry
bills i'll the future. The younger child
rem are warned to avoid the older
brothers trouble by tho daily use of
tooth brushes. From their fathers
case they learn to avoid the opposite
extreme. His teeth are hopelessly
discolored. and few arc habitually
loose, but the useful tomato Is no lon
ger suspected as the cause. He had
al opportunity to rend some in work
on dentistry, aid came to the conclu-
sion that hard securing" of his tcetI,
with gritty substances, when he was
young man, had worn away the hard
enamel Of his teeth 80 that the strong
coffee he drank (durjng his soldier life
especially penetrated and permanently
colored his teeth. I dislike to hear OF
scouring the teeth. When they have
been neglected, this may be necessary
to get them onoe clean. The dentist
has peculiar tools for removing tartar
crust, but the yelIow deposit on child
ren's teeth oan be cleaned away as tho
dentist does it, by any one. Tnke
finely powdered pumice stone and n
little clean soft pine stick to rub them.
Dip the pine stick into water and then
in powdered pumice and RIB tho teeth
gently. Afterward wash them with
soap and water, using tooth brush.
1T Is we'll to use little fno clean soap
occasionally for cleaning tho teeth, but
plenty OF pure water will usually suffice
Tor cleansing the teeth of persons of
good dietetic habits, To make good
teeth i'll the first place, beginning when
we onn, and allowing for 'anoestry,
tlous food, varied diet we'll supplied
with bono material, as the grains arc
when II is not boltod or sifted out, and
lean meat. For young children milk
should be freely used, and Graham
oatmeal also.