The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-01
Houghton Department
TELEPHONE SOUTH
DENTISTS WILL COOPERATE.
Houshton County Association Will AS
sist Anti tuberculosis Society.
TELEPHONE SOUTH 1873

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County Dental Association met with
the executive committee OF the Hough-
ton County Anti tuberculosis society
Monday night and discussed dental
/ hygiene and it's real significance. The
dental association has offered its SER
vices gratis To examine the teeth OF
some of the pupils OF the Hancock
schools with view to learning the
proportion OF good and bad teeth in
the schools.
Until very recently the necessity OF
caring for the mouth and teeth OF chill
dren has not been a matter OF public
interest An important part of medi-
cal Inspection in schools has been
neglected. Medical school inspection
is the most important work carried
on by departments OF health; il is
one of the most important functions
OF the state.
BY the practice of dental hygiene
the general public health can be great
" improved In the fight against the
great white scourge. tuberculosis, IL Is
factor Of the first Importance.
Dental hygiene is the practical APP
plication of dental science TO the IN
dividual. the home and the school. A
realization OF its Importance is needed.
Everybody should know that the gem
eral health of the individual and Of
the community depends largely upon
the condition of the mouth and teeth;
that the highest efficiency and happi-
ness in life cannot be gained when the
gateway to the body is neglected.
The care of the teeth is an i'm
portant factor i'm the care Of the child.
The mental and physical efficiency Of
school childden can be greatly aided
by the proper care of the mouth and
teeth. This is fully attested by expert
ments i'm Germany which cover n wide
field. There dental inhrmaries con-
nected with the schools have been in
operation for a sufficient length OF
time to demonstrate:
First-That the time expended in
putting the teeth i'm order was far less
than the time formerly lost from
toothache and disability caused by
diseased teeth.
Second-That the cost OF keeping
the teeth i'm order was more than COM
pensated for by better health and a
consequent reduction in medical ex-
penses
Third-That the child became physi-
cally stronger, secured higher av-
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control and was apparently happier.
a clean mouth and clean teeth fur
nish one of the best projections
against disease. A child forced 10
swallow the discharges from an un-
clean mouth. and having nutrition
interfered with by his inability to chew
his food. is unable to resist disease.
The conditions of the teeth is a tell
tale as to diet They are the guards
which stand at the gateway TO the
body. ready TO divide the food into
manageable portions, to bring peace of
mind and healthful bodily activity. No
greater kill-joy exists than dyspepsia,
no more vicious menace TO life and
efficiency obtains than disordered con-
dition OF the process Of nutrition.
Cancer of the stomach * notorious
ly "a disease Of gross feeders. Eighty
per cent of the cancers of the stomach
arise from bolted food If an ounce
of prevention is ever worth a pound
of cure it is keeping the teeth in good
condition.
This problem of dental hygiene is
not altogether one Of benevolence. 1t
is in large measure a problem Of
Industrial production. Every case of
disease involves an immediate econ
omic loss TO the community in which
such events occur. There is coming a
great change in the practice of medi-
cine, surgery and dentistry and a
much greater proportion of the atten-
ton of these professions is hereafter
TO be devoted to prevention rather
| than cure
Dental hygiene is an important part
of broad, a universal movement fol
better care Of the public health
through "A more complete knowledge
| of the conditions that promote health
To no group OF men and women Is
given "A larger opportunity to render
real human service than falls to the
dentist and dental nurse. Through the
practice Of their knowledge and their
service life can be- made more effective
more useful and fuller. 1t can bC
heightened in years; il can be giver
/ more enjoyment and pleasures; and
some of the obstacles which prevent
clean living can be levelled
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