The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-08-20
CARE OF THE MOUTH AND TEETH.

CARE OF THE MOUTH AND TEETH.
The care of the teeth is q matter of
vast importance, hence the necessity of
teaching child regularly to cleanse the
teeth and mouth thus forming habit
that will be lifelong, and result in pre-
serving the teeth to old age. While if
neglected they may decay and perhaps
he lost before youth is past. The most
important reason for the care and per-
servation of the teeth is the effect on
the health and comfort of the person.
Now how can we teach the children
this important duty that no one can
preferm for them, but themselves. we
cannot reach them through their par.
rents. So we must try through our
public schools. No teacher in our
public schools is properly qualified for
the varied duties of his position who is
not well informed on questions pertain
ing to hygiene and public health, and
no pupil should spend single term in
any school without receiving instruc-
lions on the care of the health and teeth,
adapted to their age and comprehen-
sion. Let this he impressed upon every
teachers mind. No greater blessing
or inheritance can come to child than
good constitution and the knowledge
necessary to preserve it. Cleanliness
is of absolute Importance in the care of
the teeth. Thoroughly cleanse the
teeth before retiring; never neglect it.
Childrens' teeth should be clcansed
daily by some competent person from
the time they begin to eat solid food.
The health of the child has much to
do with developing sound teeth, and
sound teeth repay the debt later by
aiding good health. At the age of
three years child should have twen-
ty teeth. which is full set of decidu-
Gus or first teeth. These teeth should
have as much or more care than the
second set. The six year molars
are often closed with the first set of
teeth and are frequently neglected by
parents through the belief that they
belong to the first set instead of the
second. They are often lost from the
lack of knowledge.
| BE on your guard, We whose fond maternal arm
Would shield defenceless infancy from harm;
Mark we'll the hour when nature rights demand
The skillful practice of the dentists hand.
Parents should always bear in mind
that child sheds but twenty teeth.
The second set consists of thirty-two,
or twelve that are contained in the first
set and are not shed with the first teeth,
and whenever lost are gone for good.
Tartar on the teeth if neglected causes
absorption of the gums and finally the
destruction of the teeth. Never have
a tooth extracted that can he made SER
viceable any more than you would per.
NIT surgeon to amputate finger that
has felon on it. Sick headache, neu.
ralgia, ear-ache, catarrh and affections
of the throat and the eyes are frequent
ly but reflex action of diseased teeth.
Decayed teeth always produce an inn
pure breath, which is very offensive
to others, and a sure sign of neglect ON
your part. Every consideration of pol
icy and duty admonishes us to pay
strict attention to the sanitary condi-
ton OF our mouths. The mouth is the
portal of life. Through it must pass
all that sustains. life in the form of nour-
ishment. Therefore guard It well and
see that no unclean thing remains
therein. The passive indifference of
three-iifths of the human race to the
value of good teeth as a means to
health is the principal drawback at the
present time. When the relation OF
the teeth, mouth and mastication t.
digestion is better understood, we shall
have better care taken of the mouth
and teeth. Nothing adds so much to
the charms of any face as q clean
mouth, with sound, well cared for nat.
ural teeth. The eyes and ears are par.
ticularly susceptible to troubles origi-
mating in the teeth. Frequent cases Of
supposed chronic nasal catarrh are but
the effects of assesses from dead teeth
| s. TOZER.