The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-06-20
PAPER READ BEFORE THE
FIRST WARD PARENTS CLASS
BY DIR. n. p. EMiEs.


Grating is well known fact. The the.
Org Of use and disuse of structures is
applicable to man; the brain is de.
veloping while the jaws are becoming
arrested in development for the bene-
fit of the brain. Prehistoric skulls
show us four molar teeth in stu
in each jay; now we have three, the
distal molar being called the wisdom
tooth and we are gradually eliminat-
ing that in the coming generation.
In this connection it may be inter.
esting to state that evolutionists use
this fact in support of their claim
that we have descended from the low
er animals. Claiming that when we
walked on all tours we secured our
food with our mouths and in conse.
quence our fact or jaw was much lon.
ger and afforded room for greater
number of teeth but now that we have
assumed the upright position and are
securing our food with our hands,
our jaw has shortened with the CON
sequent loss of teeth The principles
of Horace Fletcher should be taught
to every child and practiced by the
parent. As | have said before, the
crushing force of normal set OF
teeth is 275 younds. In an edentulous,
or toothless mouth the masticating
force averages about % pounds or
30 pounds; with partial dentures and
reservations by means of bridges be
tween fifty and 1870 pounds thus show.
ing the inefficiency of artificial sub
stitutes TO perform normal mastica.
ton.
In those who do not masticate pro.
perly in early life these parts fai' to
develop as they should, and they are
on this account predisposed to dis.
ease. In children fed on soft starchy
foods we find defective development,
sluggish circulation, and toxic satur-
alton. Is it any wonder that the mod
ern child should be liable to disease
in these regions--that he should so
frequently suffer from rhinitis, naso.
pharyngitis, tonsilitis and hyper
trophy of the pharyngeal tonsil
(adenoids)? In this way, chiefly, is
the frequency of adenoids among the
children of civilized nations accounted
for.
Where child's nasal apparatus is
habitually bathed in a stream OF
pure lymph and blood, periodically ac-
celebrated by ample and vigorous use
of the masticatory muscles. it is un.
likely to contract adenoids. Adenoids
cause nasal obstruction and mouth
breathing which is contributory
cause of phthsis or consumption.
When we take into consideration
the complex association of tissues that
exist in the oral cavity, and their in
innate relation to other tissues both
by actual contact and continuance of
structure, II is easy to realize that
any disordered conditions of the
mouth must necessarily affect in a
greater or less degree, organs or
structures that are thus intimately as
ISOLATED, and vice versa, disordered
conditions in other organs or tissues
more ca less remote may be manifest
by disarrangements in the oral cav
ity.
Assesses with agonizing pains, ne.
crossed jaws, and probable dlsfigure-
ment of the face with tumors and
foreign growths OF varying character
frequently result from a neglected
mouth. But recently there occurred a
death in Logan due in all probabil!ty
to the irritation from an impacted or
partially erupted wisdom tooth.
Many other diseases, as of the ear,
the eye, and the cavities Of the head,
often most difficult to diagnose may
be traced directly to an unhealthy
condition of the teeth, for when cav.
tiles of the teeth become over popu.
lated with hanfa-ia l.,