The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-08-23


10. boilers. In the next 5000
years the people of this country
will be toothless. AS evolution
progresses the teeth will disap-
pear and the man or woman with
teeth will be a curiosity. Our
ideas of beauty will have changed
and as every one will have no
teeth we won't mind the change
in facial makeup. Beauty charges
wit hevolution, so we will have
accustomed ourselves to AN era of
toothless men and women
! Bad Teeth Cause Insanity.
DIR. Mccarthy lays great stress
upon THE necessity for removing
adenoid growths which cause
mouth breathers" and deform
the teeth and .outh, interfere with
the voice, change the whole facial
expression and greatly affect the
entality of the Chill. 'They be-
come stupi, forgetful. innttentiwe,
and lack the power of emntal ccn-
centration," he says. Adenoids
prevent the proper supply of nu-
TRITON and frequently cause deaf
ness. DR.. w. A. Mills of Ralti-
more is quoted as saying that
"ome-half our idiots and insane
are the result of deformed dental
arches due to adenoids in the
nose" Experiments made by DR..
Henry S. Epson at Cleveland, in
Icluding nine operations on insane
persons, resulted i'm six complete
recoveries, with two ether patients
showing marked Improvement.
1.-THE tooth cavities are ideal IN
cubators for all kinds of bacteria.
1t is not uncommon to find the
bacillus of diphtheria and tuber-
culosts in them. Tonsiiitis is an
other disease that is frequently
traced to unclean mouths and
teeth, and many authorities are OF
the opinion that a number of
cases of diDIhtheria and measles
cam be traced to the same sources.
IAN examination of $4,000
children in the public schools of
New York city shows that defec-
tive teeth exceed all either physical
disorders, IS per cent of them
having diseased teeth.
"The schcl inspectors of Cleve-
land, o., examined SO 900 chill
dren last year and discovered II
per cent of them to have defec-
tive teeth.
Over 100000 chi!rem i'm the
United States have defective and
diseased teeth and 100000 with
enlarged glands and 100000
with defective breathing, due to
adenoid growths in the nose.
I'm England DIT was found that
80 per cent of the children In the
Industrial schools are suffering
from deeawed teeth. In Germany
out of 10000 children examined,
So per cent had dental carries.
Dental carries or decay fire.
quently originates during preg-
nancy and should receive immedi-
ate attention. There lis an old
and true Saying, "A tooth for every
child but this can be avoided
II the prospective mother will fol-
low the instructions of her physi-
clan and her dentist. We are
often asked, Is it advisable for
woman to have her teeth given
any attention during this period?
Most emphatically, yes. 1t Is Just
as safe and brings great relief to
uhe expectant mother, and at the
same time prevents the transmits
sion of irritability and nervous
ness to the unborn child.
How to Protect Teeth.
1T is not uncommon to find
mothers following childbirth with
from eight to twelve cavities in
ther teeth. The prospective moth
er should eat plenty of food rich
In lime salts and frequently take
either hyposulphite of lime or
strip of wheat phoephates, both
excellent transforming tones. To
overcome the excessive actd,ty of
the mouth, she should rinse her
mouth several times a day with
milk OF magnesia. This is an
alkaline preparation which neu-
tralizes all acids in the mouth.
coating the teeth with an alkaline
film that protects the tooth sur
lace for hours, thus preventing
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