The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-09
Care Of the Teeth.

Dyspepsia and bad teeth az common
companions. Their relations as cause
and effect may be controvertible, but
that both are frequently due to the ne
elect Of the teeth, and their proper use
will not be disputed by any one who is
familiar with the ply logical rela-
lions Of these useful and much abused
Organs. The mouth, everybody knows,
| is the gateway to the stomach, the COM
missariat of health, and for it's protec-
ition all that is conveyed thither re-
quires careful selection, and due PEE
paration, to fit it for healthy distribu-
ton. Hence how we eat is of scarcely
less Importance than what we eat.
Chewing vigorously, exercises the
teeth, while it also stimulates the
saliyary glands to furnish the most es-
sential means OF rendering food ac-
ceptable to the stomach, and easy Of
digestion, and without good digestion,
neither the teeth nor any of the other
organs can be we'll nourished. That
the teeth are commonly the first organs
to suffer after, or contemporaneously
with indigestion, is due n. the yitiated
secretiOns of the mouth common to
dyspeptics. By this, the enamel is soft
ehed. becomes easily stained or loses
its lnstre, and for this the tooth brush,
often too hard and harsh for the
teeth under the most favorable circum-
stances, lis applied too vigorously or
too frequently, and not infrequently,
with some mischievous insoluble pow
der or corrosive wash, with the COM
mon result Of destroying the enamel
and promoting decay.
Tooth brushes should always be soft
and rarely used more than once daily,
before breakfast, which Is quite often.
enough to remove the insoluble par
ticles OF food which collect at the mar
gin Of the teeth. Use the soft brush
with water only, or, ct most with Moth
Ing else but pure soap in addition
Soap is not only more cleansing thsn
anything else, but II leaves2a sweeter
and pleasaDter taste, and is never fol-
lowed by injurious effects. A soft.
wood stick to remove hard particles
froll between the teeth. and rinsing
the mouth with water alone, after
meals, is ordinarily quite sufficient to
cleanse the teeth without brushing
them. Metal tooth-picks should never
be used under any circumstances, and
quilts are, to say the least, not cleanly.
Chewing pine stick, or better, when
accessible, a dogwood stick, is often
very salutary method OF cleansing the
teeth 1t causes the sallye to flow
freely, and this dissolves and washes
away particles not easily removed by
other means.
On the chemical theories Of decay Of
the teeth, we have no need to enter.
No matter what it's cause, q dentist
should be- consulted on the very first
appearance Of a point or spot of dig
celebration. Properly treated at the
outset, il may be recovered for d life
time. All that is said OF the relation
OF bad teeth to dyspepsia, applies
equally to children lin the decay Of de-
cidnous teeth. There is no more GER
tain sign Of dyspeptic, badly nour-
ished child. than the early decay Of the
deciduous teeth or any more certain
means OF promoting dyspepsia and
puny constitution, than its neglect.
The early decay Of the deciduons teeth,
should be an adrnonitIon to parents to
take special pains in the selection and
Of the food, with view to
strengthening the digestive organs,
including the teeth and giving tone
70 the system; otherwise an enfeebied
will be the inevitable re-
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