The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-05-28
ADENrIsT's TALK.

A DENTISTS TALK.
Raisttons of the Teeth to 1ndlv1o
ual Character and Habits.
Misunderstanding Babies Teeth
Marks which Dlsh9ure-Io
Secure a Good Set of Teeth
Hints.
Enquirer Interview
"The teeth of ind .viduals," said
Dr. Rosenthal, taking u fresh hold on
the subject, reveal many OF thell
p%eculiarities and characteristics IL
the shape, color, size and position OF
those organs, and so does the aDato.
my of the jaw. The perfect arched
set of teeth, where there is neither u
spaced nor q crowded condition, indi'
Gates a pareBtage that was we'll
matched physically. A father pos
sessing a large dental arch and q
mother with y small one and cores
| ponding teeth might have children
inheriting the large teeth of their
father and the small jaw Of their
mother, and children's teeth would
be crowded and irregular, while the
reverse conditions would cause q
spaced condition of the teeth"
"What makes some persons teeth
project from the jaw"
If a parent allows his babe to in
dulge in thumb-sucking the teetu,
where they are erupted, will come
sure IN the soft, bony structure pulls
the germs of the teeth already form
ing out of place, SO that when they
develope they will stand outward.
As Misunderstanding babies are gene
rally good babies, persons disfigured
with such teeth are almost always
patient and quiet"
"What else do teeth indicator"
"Well, the small, well organized.
yellowish teeth indicate longevity.
They are an index to good general
osseOus development, and good gene.
raj structure. Small rudimeutary
wisdom teeth indicate Intelligence
and refinement"
"Then q maj may have some sense
befor. he cuts his wisdom teeth?"
Certainly. They We're SO named
because they used to BE- cut at the age
when q man begins to gather Wis
dom. When you meet a long, cuspy
row of food disintegrators, don't you
irritate such a man, for he will fight
in q second"
my teeth, such as you have left
me, have small pox marks on them.
What does that mean?"
"PIts in the teeth are caused by
sickness during chlld>hOod. Their
growth mas been interrupted by some
aliment. If this occurred III
the age of q or 3 years, the pits will
be found on the lower front teeth: If
at 5 to 4 years, in the upper central
incisor or the six year molar, which
are at that time in an undeveloped
and so on through the whole
set Of permanent teeth
GLOW do you account for tumble,
persons?'
"When the lower jaw accludes or
slips over the upper 1t is usually due
the inter-marriage of persons OF
different natiOnalitits. Let an Irish
man, with his large, full lower jaw,
marry an English or a German
woman, and the child will inherit
the fathers lower Jaw with the
mothers upper, perhaps, and so came |
his popularity. There is another |
peculiar development 1 should like
call your attention to. I often see
persons with a disked roof to the |
mouth, a shapely arch with a small
reversed arch forming a slight pro-
,uherance on the roof, and I never |
Jaw such q person that was not a good
[ don't know what the con-
1ection is"
"Suppose 1 had a wife and that
Wife had q baby, and 1 should want
hould / do?"
You will do much to that end NV
.edlng it with plenty of vegetable
ood, rye bread, or such as is made OF
|nbolted wheat -four. We feed the
est part of the wheat to the cows.
his food, especially the bran part.
7lll contribute lime salts for building
p the teeth. Then take good care Of
temporary or milk teeth. This
OF lar more importance than the
aosequent care of the permanent
seth. Avoid the necessity of having
temporary or deciduous teeth
ulled: Ii they begin to rot, have
EN- filled Some persons think it
nothing to have these first teeth i,
1lled, but this is q mistake for seve- {
u reasons. In the first place it gives [
q enid a horror OF dentistry. Then, s
le child must not only provide for
le constant waste and decay of (
sue, like the adult, but must pro- t
de for growth, and it must be able
masticate its food thorouahlv.
nen again, when You pull a baby
9th the jaw bone cicatrizes lust "a G
does when it has been wounded. q
becomes harder than the rest Of 4
jaw. When the permanent tooth fl
apts IN this place it meets with re- c
tance and must come out side O
'ys. Again, if the child's teeth are e
owea TO decay, abcesses will be e.
med and the pus exudes and D
ngles with the food. Children are b
sensitive to pus than adults. d
q chronic dyspepsia may he the al
'ulC.,'
That {" will do for the baby; now
" shall 1 retain the few snaps
Ve le1t, just by way Of relics Of a -.
pRier ana more innocent age" Il!
Wash them regularly with a soft tn
lsh. AS good u dentifricc as Won A
use is pure white CASTLE soan al
! prepared chalk. I say use a soft w
for the same reason that T m
uid not advise you to scrub YOUR tn
with a scrubbing brush. The Ell
y way to keep them in good da
er, Though, is to visit q dentist WI
e every six months. No reDuta- 3,
dentist will charge you anything On
looking at your teeth, and if ,o1 sci
follow his directions you may me-