The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-11-04
K. Ii. AULL, EDITOR.
why IL II?

have often thought it strange that
parents neglect the teeth Of their chill
dren and have wondered time and
again why such is the case. That such
Is the case know from many years
practice Of dentistry and when ! ask
them why they have not their chill
dren's teeth attended to it is wonderful
the ignorance they show in regard to
this vital matter. Most parents have
great love and affection for their chill
drcn and few mothers would allow one
OF them TO leave home in the morning
for school without having them prop
crly dressed, clean nnL neat; face wash
cd and their hair c.nbcd, but how
many Of them see that they have their
teeth cleaned.
| once bribcd Il school child who was
one Of Il class OF nearly fifty, to find out
for me how many Of the class used the
tooth brush regularly. The informa
tion | received was that til ere were rX
actly three out of that number, who
used the brush regularly. ] did that
for my u~n satisfaction, after seeing 50,
many mouths which were suffering foi
the want of cleanliness, and most Of
these came to tho office for relief from
pain, Or they would not have been
there probably.
Now d" not believe that most pa
rents would like their children to go to
school with Il nice clean apron and
other outside appearances neat and
have their under clothes snilcd and un-
tidy, but would not that br better than
to have them leave home daily with all
the outside evidences neat and have in
side the mouth rs foul rs most OF them
are? IT. must be from Lhoug htlrSsnrSS.
or at lea st. that is us mild Il term us can
use for such neglect. for hrlirvr there
are few parents who would allow such
things to continue if they would once
consider seriously the result Of such
neglect. Suppose We name some Of
the bad effects which result from such
neglect.
lst. The neglect Of the teeth and the
foul mouth resulting tcuc,"s the child
W l)C Val hItlcSS tltuhlliltSS yen
orally, and the result is that the mouth
soon gets so tender inside that the
gums bleed ut the touch Of Il tooth pick
or brush and it is painful to commence
the proper cleaning that should not
have been neglected.
End. Soon some Of the first or baby
tc eth will be shed or time will come
when they should be and often if not
attended to they will not get loose and
come ont OF themselves, hnht VII = not 6riur
removed at thTSr&iiropcr time the now
tcelaar eGTlaar.%S.L.It Some crooked and thus bc II
: @,feformity to the child, when, if they
had been attended to in time such would
not be the ease.
Bird. No attention being paid to the
mouth the parent does not know when
the first OF the permanent teeth come
into the mouth and consequently if
these teeth decay (and they generally
doif not kept clcan) they do not know
anything about it until they arc walked
up some night by the child with tooth
ache, resulting generally i'm the loss of
the tooth and the extracting Of which
often gives the child such horror Of
the dcnIist, that they keep away from
him ever aft fpOssiblc. That losltooth
is II great loss to the child, it is the
largest tooth In the mouth and should
bo kept there II possible. Nature does
not make such mistake rs to put those
large grinders there, il there was no use
for them, and the fact that they come
SO early (at six years. is proof that they
are needed for use while those of the
baby scta being she'd these being two
above aud two below in the mouth and
are the child's principle Dependence
for grinding tho food while the baby
teeth arc passing out and the second
set coming i1to the mouth.
4th. The loss OF the teeth in young
peoples mouths often result IN the en-
tire change Of the features in consc-
quence of that loss. The bone being
soft at that age it's readily contracted
and nature tries to repair the loss as
well rs possible by bringing the re-
naming teeth together and often the
features are pinchcd in consequence.
5th. The pain Of extracting these
large jaw teeth makes the child have
such Il horror Of the dentist that they
mover go near him again if avoidablc,
the result is that they do not get the
benefit Of having their mouths kept in
order.
Now, to shorten this article | will
tell you briefly how to avoid the above.
Commence with the little ones as soon
as they can use brush and teach them
to use them daily, and never let up on
the use Of that brush rs long us You
control your children, and especially
after supper must the use Of the brush