The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-02
System Disorders Due to Teeth.

That all suffering and defects are d.
rectly traceable to the disobedience o.
some law of our being cannot be doubt
ed. All mind and matter, from the in
organic atom to the highest form of in
telligence is moved, changed and regu-
lated by fixed laws. When the laws
which govern our physical we'll pelng
is well with US. Any deviation or In
fringement on these laws brings the
penalty Of disobedience.
We have learned that much of our
comfort depends on that important Or
gan, the stomach. But do we realie that
it's function is a secondary one, that II
must suffer under the arbitrary cond1-
tons imposed upon it by the organs
which start, rightly or wrongly, the
wonderful process Of transposing food
materials into active, breathing, pulsat-
ing and sensitive Municipalities and
forms Of life?
Do one-half of the people endowed
with ordinary intelligence know what the
intended mission of the teeth Is. other
than for the ornamental effect perfect
set of teeth gives to the face, redeem1ng
what may otherwise be a hopelessiy
homely countenance? Do we consider
why they are placed at the very gate
way of life, and how their neglect, more
than any other thing under our control,
Is probably responsible for more Of the
serious Heterogeneous OF the system
than the possibility of our becoming
prey to any of the much talked OF and
dreaded microbes of disease? If we but
keep our bodies in perfect health we
need not add the fear Of these disease
germs to our other daily frets and self
imposed worries; for greater than our
dread of all outside Influences should be
the fear of our own ignorance, or what
is perhaps less excusable, our criminal
neglect of the truth we do know.
The offense of being responsible fol-
poor teeth is so great as to be appalling;
for possibly more disease, misery and
premature deaths result from poor and
diseased teeth than any and all other
causes combined Because the work OF
destroying and undermining the health
by the agency of this evil is SO In
sidious is all the more powerful reason
why the neglect to assist nature in her
should be regarded as criminal and
punishable as a crime which is unpar-
donable when it entails suffering on the
helpless and irresponsible children,
handicapping them with impaired diges-
ton at the very beginning of life's long
distance race
Teeth differ in one important respect
from other parts of the animal economy.
While all other parts of the body are
endowed with this power to repair in
jury and replace lost tissue it Is not so
with the teeth, and if decay destroys
any part of their structure there is no.
possibility of its restoration. This SEEM
ing deficiency Is not fault of nature.
who never makes mistake Teeth are
made of materials more tndeStruct1ble
than those of other organs of the body;
in fact the enamel is the hardest tissue
of the body and contains very small
percentage of animal matter.
When supplied with the proper and
requisite elements for their perfect for
nation and nourishment they will. in
accordance with natural laws, last life
time and not be subject to disease. In
fact, the gradual wearing away and
lOoSening of the teeth as man advances
to the fullness of his time should be the
only indication of their destructibility