Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-08-13
Care of Teeth

A mouthful of good teeth is one of the
rare gifts of nature. Like bright eyes, ,
pink-mooned finger-nails, or fine COM
pleqion, they indicate the requests of
heredity, and are symbolic of a sweet
breath, good digestion and a wholesome
stomach. A wealth of dentine is not as
highly priced IS formerly, owing to the
remarkable progress made in dentistry
within the last quarter of a century.
Molar-menders think nothing of working
a cheyal- de-frise sort of a set of teeth
into double row OF most presentable
worries, and the skill with which china
teeth are made to duplicate nature is suf-
ticient to keep the genuine articles under
a constant ban of suspicion. All these
facts we're doubtless known to the fash
iOnable mother who prayed for 'just
good eyes and fine complexion" for her
little daughter. Eyes and skin from
nature, and at can manage the rest, at
least to the satisfaction of the modern
beauty.
In remodeling teeth, everything fails
before the final surrender to false set.
Where they overlap space has to lie made
at the sacrifice often of good material,
and when, by accident, tooth is wanted,
the gap is filled by spacing the whole
row.
In the color of teeth almost as niue.
variety exists as in hair and eyes. Some
teeth are naturally grey, yellowish or
blush in cast, and to try to whiten them
is tine wasted. The only solace lies in
keeping them clean and straight. 1t is
immaterial to any one with q moustache
or very long upper lip, whether he has
any front teeth or not. With ladies or
beardless men, especially those who
laugh much with the lips, remedy is
sought among the Del s'Arte people.
These retiners of nature attempt, and
with success, too, to cultivate very low
voice in speaking, forbid the license of
h a ed discuss on, and endeavor to cult
vate laugh in the eyes, rather than
about the lips. The training is long
and tedious task, but there are few Or
deals too severe for fashionable man or
woman to endure, when the goal is good
looks.
1t is almost impossible to say anything
new on the subject of powders. The
best powder is the one that does the least
harm to the gums and keeps the enamel
clean. Wintergreen is safe as any pol
ish, but a frequent use of soft brush and
warm water renders much of that cleans
ing powder superhlous. Teeth that are
brushed four times a day will not need a
powder more than once week. Tooth
picks are indispensable, and even with
them it is o ten necessary to run thread
between the teeth to remove any possible
accumulation or splinter
There might be a diminution of den
titry bills if those who have teeth would
take the trouble to clean them once a
month. Five cents worth of pun &c
stone will cover year, and nothing but
match is needed to start with. Dip
the pine in the stone and rub above and
between the teeth till all trace of mineral
accumulat on has been removed. The
inside surface must be clean, d separ-
ately, and the task finished by rubbing
the face and crown of the tooth with a
soft handkerchief dip ed in the powder.
Unless the operation is made habitual it
will consume the best part of an hour to
produce any good effects.--In,er Ocean.