The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-24

and eighth grades OF the public
schools Wednesday morning explained
to the students how to take care OF
their teeth.
Did you know that less than eight
percent OF the American people use a
tooth brush or make any effort to keep
their teeth and mouths clean? This
startling statement, according to DIR.
c. 8. Parker, who addressed Norfolk
c. S. Parker, is a fully established
fact.
And do you know how to brush
your teeth? DR.. Parker during his ad.
dress told the pupils how. and the for
mula is worth attention. Here It is:
Every tooth has FIVE surfaces, and the
surfaces that need the most care are
those most difficult to get at. Those
in between the teeth and In the very
back part of the mouth. Begin with
the back teeth on either side. Load
brush with dry salt and give brush
rotary motion, reaching up on the
gums and well down on the gums.
Don't be afraid to brush the gums.
Brush from the back teeth on one side
around to the very back teeth on op.
posite side, take mouth full OF wa.
ter, close the lips and by working mus
cles of the face si2zle the water in
between the teeth, then load up brush
with salt again and brush the insides
and tops of the teeth above and below
and rinse the mouth again as before.
You ought to use at least as much
water TO cleanse the inside of your
mouth as to wash your face. Then
you ought to take floss silk and draw
between each tooth above and below
to get the debris from between the
teeth. II you will do this before you
eat your breakfast every morning you
will keep your mouth and teeth In
good condition.
A dentists appearance in the
schools is part of movement Of ma
tional scope called the oral hygiene
| movement. DR.. Parker congratulates
| the schools that Superintendent Hunt
er is at their head, For you can rest
assured he will keep you in touch
with any movement which makes for
| cleaner and healthier bodies and ac.
| tive, well-formed minds" the speaker
said DR.. Parker declared that chew.
ing of food is an important factor to-
wards good health and that the bolt
ing of food frequently causes cancer
catarrh of the stomach and gastric
ulcers. A cavity in tooth furnishes
| the most perfect incubator, the speak
err says, and the very best possible
place for disease producing germs to
/ thrive and flourish. Starchy foods
when taken into the mouth are acted
upon by the element in the saliva
known as ptyalin, which changes
starchy foods to sugars, and it is these
sugars plus the microbes which make
business for the dentists and grief and
woe for the rest of us. This sugar be
ing permitted to remain in tiny
crevice near or about tooth will in
q short time produce Tactic acid and
1t is this acid that dissolves the salts
and causes a break In the tooth sub
stance. Confectioners and bakers are
notorious for their very poor teeth
and the cause is attributed to the ma
ture OF their surroundings and eating
so much sweet food that their mouth!
are in constant acid condition. The
mouths of children who live princi
pally on sugar, sugar coated foods ant
sweet-meats is another illustration o
the evil effects of the constant pres
ence Of sugar in the mouth Where
public school inspection Of pupils
teeth has begun, great percentage o
school children are found to be vic
tins of tooth decay. In Cleveland
where $4,000 children were examined
Il percent had defective teeth. II
Boston Is percent had defective teeth
and in Atlanta 60 percent. There are
in this country, eight factories manu-
featuring artificial teeth. They sol'
sixty millions of these teeth last year
each tooth replacing natural tooth
which, had it been given proper car
and attention, should last lifetime.