Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-03-22
State Board Of Hea|th's
Leaf|et on Teeth.
Towns Are Sending in App|i-
cations for State Aid.
New Bids viii Be Called for Ma.
chlas Normal School.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Next Meeting Of Governor and Council
Wednesday, March 80, at 10 A. M.

Leaflct No. 3 of the Health OF
Home and school" series now being is.
sued by the State Board of Health has
Just oeen received at the office OF The
board and is now ready for distribu
ton. Tire subject OF the Ieaflet is
"Teeth and Their Care" and the text
Is as follows:
BAD cncts of diseased teeth-The
work which tho teeth and mouth should
do is very important part OF the work
of fitting the food for the ncurishmcnt
Of the bdy. Aside from the DESIRABLE
,ity of reducing the food to minute
particles, sufficient rrolOngation OF
the sct Of chewing is necessary so that
the finely ground food may very thor
'ohghlv be mixed with the SALIVA One
important function of the SALIVA is to
change the Starchy clements OF the
food into maltoSe, q kind of sugar Tn
less il is charged, it is not made avail
able for the nourishment of the body.
IF diseased teeth are sore or tender
chewing win not be well done: il many
are absent. il cannot he properly done.
and Indigestion and its attendant ills
may result.
But that is not the whole story of
the evil results of having bad teeth.
iRactariT Of dangerous disease prOduc-
ing character are often found in the
mouth. If they find there a Judgment
they mullipl. and produce their pois-
0ns IN the cavities of diseased teeth
land about the tartar that adhores to
the teeth they do find Judgment where
they generate their pOiSOns in abund
ance. They not only give a foul odor
but the pOiSonS which these bacteria
form are absorbed into the system
from the mouth and from the stomach
and the bacteria themselves often pene-
irac farther into the tissues of the
mouth or are distributed through the
circulation OF the blood. The expert
enco of physicians and dentists has
f0rcibiy focused their attention upon
the fact that this gradual absorption
of poisons from diseased teeth this
slow p1isnning-is & frequent cause of
III health OF serious character and that
in most cases there is rap d imprt We
ment in health after the teeth and
montE are put into a more healthy con-
dition.
Again. diseases Of the teeth often eX-
-
from those new ssources there is sent
out other purulent supplies with their
accompanying bacteria While this is
only a partial enumeration of the ills
OF diseased teeth. it should suffice to
emphasize the fact that a healthy mouth
flied with sound teeth is well worth
working for
4 The growing of good sets of teeth
This is in good rart work of the moth
ers Foundations for them are made
or marred to some extent by the food
which children receive. But. aside from
the question of nourishment for the
teeth, there is n question of their prop
er use and exercise. Exercise is just
as necessary 10 the proper development
and heaithful maintenance of the teeth
and the tissues into which they are set
as of any other art Of the body. But.
in these days of breakfast foods and
mush. there is superabundance of
soft foods and not enough recurring
Jaws and the mouth fail to develop
properly and to maintain their normal
condition. thus unsightly irregularities
of the teeth result. There is reason to
believe that the evil effect of insult
fcient chewing extends even 20 the an
terror ami posterior nasal passages
and may have something TO do with the
presence of troublesome adenoid
growths which are often the cause OF
mental hackwardness in children.
The temporary tceth-1t should NOT