The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-29

paired. Again, dental work is Ax-
pensive. The woman who gets har
teeth put into shape by a cosmetic
dentist will have a considerable hin
to pay.
One cosmetic dentist in New YorL
was once a sculptor. He studied in
Paris and succeeded in making SOW
nice bits of statuary.
But times We're hard and rnora,.
was scarce. So, rather than starvs
he took to dentistry. He aims to maltn
the teeth look as though they had
never been out of sorts. He tries ~
make the patient pretty.
To this cosmetic dentist there went
a woman whose front teeth seen9alS
hopeless. There were gold films az
top and sides and front. The teAtb
were horribly dark and misshapen
Madam" said the cosmetic DENTS.
i am going to cut off your teeth and
give you crown teeth. They will make
you look young again."
he cut on the teeth, replaced them
with pretty white enamel crowns ana
turned the woman out with a, rou,
OF pearls, BEAUTIFULLY shaped and wholly
becoming to the face. The tob COST
lot OF money, but it was worth every
cent. Similar results are within reach
of other women who can afford to nav
the cost.
OOLiC AdSCS are bpOlISu because tha
Jaw is TOO narrow. When this hannars
in the case of a child, there are var
ious ways to remedy it before 1t is
too late.
Gum chewing widens the Jaw. and
for this reason 1t is recommended IA
young children whose teeth seem In
clined to crowd. The child may be al
lowed to chew gum a couple of hours
day. This exercises the Jaw and
broadens it, making room for the teeth
The old fashioned dentist merely
patched the teeth. His idea was ~
plug them up with gold, so that thew
would not ache. He aimed to mako
them useful, but when 1t came to
making them ornamental he was help
less.
But the cosmetic dentist is differ
ent. He uses enamels and he works
not with an eye to utility alone, but
so as to make you pretty. The old
fashioned dentist did not hesitate 10
put a gold cap in the front of Your
mouths. But the cosmetic dentist
would never disfigure you in this man
ner.
After the teeth have been nut in
order, the thing is to keep them pref
ty. Here is some advice on the sub
ject:
IN the morning, clean the teeth with
a good tooth powder. Have a brush
which reaches every portion of the
mouth. Let it be of moderately stiff
bristles and use a great deal of pow
der on the teeth.
Rinse the teeth with clear water
with a little borax dissolved in the
water, and for this use very soft and
very small brush. This should be fol-
lowed by mouth rinse in boracic acid.
"The teeth should be rinsed after
each meal, and for this purpose there
is nothing pleasanter than a mouth
wash of peppermint water. This per-
fumes the breath and is very refresh
ing. Pour a little of the essence OF
peppermint in a glass of water and
rinse the mouth and throat with it.
"Once a week the teeth should be
cleaned with the finest of punice stone.
Take a little of the very finely pow
dered purlice and place it on the tooth
brush. Brush the teeth lightly and
remember that, while pumice is good
in its way, it will take off the enamel
if used too vigorously.
Just how much of the pumice to
use is a question of judgment, but
women who lightly touch the teeth
with it once a week are never in need
Of having the teeth cleaned at the
dentists"
There was time when the wom-
an of 40 said good-by to her teeth just
as she said good-by to her youth and
there was a day when the woman of
go who had preserved her teeth was
a novelty. But that was long ago.
Old women nowadays have their own
natural teeth. The teeth of old peo-
pie can be as white, as daintily deli
cate, as glossy and every whit as pref
ty as the teeth of a woman of 30.
If the teeth can be preserved until
middle age, they will be pretty sure
to last out ones life. The main dam
ger to the teeth comes in youth, when
the teeth are young and not very
strong, and when the enamel is still
tender upon them.
Children whose teeth do not seem
to get strong should eat cereals and
good, wholesome sweets. Good honey
does not hurt the teeth, but strength
ems them, and good maple sugar is
positively a muscle and nerve builder
for the teeth, as well as for the rest
of the body.
It is enormously believed that sweets
injure the teeth. The fact is that the
stomach would suffer and the teeth
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