The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-10
BACK TO THE JUNGLE JAW; OR
BETTER TEETH FOR AMERICANS

Back to the jungle jaw, and up to
the Teddy teeth. rel
The oral hygiene committee of
the National Dental association
will ask the dentists of Spokane
to. teach us and our children Ito
chew our food and keep a bright
and FURNISHED set of incisors AND
molars such as Roosevelt displays.
Some dentists say that r. r. is
the biggest man in the country be-
cause he is the healthiest and be-
cause he has such good teeth.
Under the leadership of Dr. w.
G. Ebersole, Cleveland, this COM
mittee of seven helps dentists to
open state hygiene headquarters
in one or two principal cities of
each state. From these cities the
work will be extended to all other
cities of the state.
The plan Is to do In this city and
in every city what is being done in
Cleveland. The consent of the
school board is secured to hold gen.
eral examinations of the teeth of
school children, the local dentists
donating their services. The local
dentists deliver lectures at the par
ents' and teachers meetings in. the
schools on the necessity for chew
ing food we'll and the care of the
teeth. Clinics to care for the teeth
of poor children are opened, the ma
tional association furnishing the
equipment, and the local dentists
donating their services.
Later legislatures and councils
will be asked to employ dentists
on salary to care for the teeth of
school children and the poor.
New York and Philadelphia have
free dental clincs.
This nation wide educational
campaign will come before the
convention of the National Dental
association at Denver, Col, July
1922, for further Endorsement.
Investigation in Germany shows
that SO per cent of children in
public schools have diseased teeth.
In Annapolis navel academy
only 10 out of the 1875 midshipmen
had had dental treatment. OF
500 New York children of IA to 16
years, who were examined when
they applied for employment GER
tificates, only IA had sound teeth.
J. P. Corley, a member of the
hygiene committee of the Nation
al Dental association, recently
wrote the following statement.
I'VE must learn the art of eat
ing. In the rush OF money get
ting we have become food boilers.
We shovel food into our stomachs
as we would coal into furnace.
1--WE must have good teeth to
chew, but we must also chew to
have good teeth. The teeth of ami
mails and of primitive men are
clean and healthy because their
food is coarse and requires chew
ing to moisten it for swaAoyipg.
We have departed from the mats
and roots of nature which mas
sage the teeth. All our flood is
made as soft as possible. fYt
mo organ develops unless It is
used. The jaw of the primitive
man is large and his brain Is
small, because he uses his; brain
so little, and his jaw so much. Our
brains are large and our jaws are
small. We should develop our
jaws as well as our BRAIN "
IF civilized mankind is to regain
the lost jaw, the method of bring
ing up children must be changed.
The jaws must be exercised when
they are forming. Children must
be taught to eat coarse food I'M
moistened by sauces, GRAVES 'or
liquids of any kind. The glands of
their own mouths must furnish the
moisture to enable them to swallow
it. Among the foods which require
chewing are toast, crackers, whole
wheat bread, cereals with but
small amount of cream, cornbread,
nuts, fruits and vegetables not much
softened. Baked potatoes, because
of their dryness and lack of grease
are better than when boiled or fried.
Meats should not be fried. The yolk
of boiled egg, baked without
grease, is an admirable food.
IF children do not exercise their
laws, the jaws will not become large
enough to make room for the teeth,
and the teeth are likely to come in