The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-06-17
The Necessity Of School In
struction In Dental Hygl0 10
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Indigestion and the American plague
dyspepsia follow the above mouth |
conditions.
In Nov. 1907. DR.. J. w. Muller stat. |
ed that yearly in the United States. |
the death of $4,000 babies was caused |
by the bacillus of cholera infantum.
Cholera infantum is a name applied,
without great loseness. to whole |
group Of infantile maladies. These diff. |
fer very much in important particu-
lars, but they also have many char.
acteristics in common; for one thing
all are disorders of the digestive tract,
and all are caused by unclean and i'm.
proper food. In my practice 1t is not
an uncommon thing to hear people
say that as soon as they have a tooth
ache they will have the offending
member out and as soon as all their
teeth are lost will have artificial sub.
stitutes made. In fact many we'll edu-
Gated people think that artificial
teeth are just as serviceable, If well
fitted, as natural teeth. recall al
case where l had great difficulty in
persuading young man of about
twenty not to have all his teeth ex.
tracted because he said his mouth al
ways felt sore" An examination re-
vealed a case of chronic inflammation
of the gums due to neglect. A course
Of treatment not extending over two
weeks restored bis teeth and gums
to state of comfort. This was fol.
rules of hygiene of the oral cavity and
today, about four years after, the
young man has the grace to blush
| Nhth that hC OhiC "ohl-
ed me to extract all his teeth.
Professor Pawlow, with his skillful
investigations of the workings of
the digestive secretions, explains how
II is that earned appetite and thor
ough mouth treatment of the food are
preliminary necessities for easy d.
gestion. They show us, too, that when
the mouth is accustomed to do all
that it can do in the work of diges-
ton, all the rest is easily accomplish
ed by the natural automatic processes
Of the body.
In the mouth the crushing force OF
normal set of teeth is 275 pounds.
This remarkable power is given us
so that we may thoroughly masticate
the hard and firm foods which are so
important for proper nutrition. Mastl
cation breaks up the food so as to IA
, |
cilitate the swallowing of 1t, and to
secure its intimate admixture with the
digestive juices, not only within the
mouth but throughout the entire di-
! gestive tract. 1t promotes the flow OF
saliva and secures due Installation of
.ho Good 4, ;noroaoao Tho amount of
alkaline saliva passing into the stom-
ach; it stimulates the heart and cir
! culation, and influences the nutrition
of the jaws and their appendages by
,, stimulating the local blood and lymph
circulation. The teeth during mastica'
ton, especially where the bite is
good and the food of kind necessita
ting vigorous and sustained mastica
ton, the teeth are made to move
both vertically and horizontally in
, their sockets; the effect of this is
, to stimulate the circulation in the
tooth pulp $50 called nerye) and all
, the other structures intimately asso
. ciated with the tooth. All this makes
for the health of the teeth Wherefore
: it is not surprising to find that those
who masticate thoroughly suffer much
, less from dental cares than those who
I are accustomed to bolt their food.
To Be Continued.