Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-29
RIGHT CARE OF TEETH
MOST HIGHLY DESIRABLE POINT
OF BEAUTY.
increasing Daily Attention and conscl
entious Visits to the Dentist Are
Imperative II Good Looks Are
to BE Preserved.

set of teeth should guard them as they
would the finest jewels. On good au-
thority, 1t may be stated that a bad
stomach causes bad teeth, and II the
stomach Is not kept in good condition,
no matter how strong the teeth may
be, they cannot last
Germs develop and live almost
everywhere. When there is one bad
tooth in the mouth, there is certain to
be germs. One bad tooth not taken
care of in time may lead to many Wis
its to the dentist and possibly the loss
of one or more teeth.
Some years back the dentist would
be visited once year, later on twice
year was considered sufficient, but
now four times or every three months
is deemed none too often to have the
dentist look your teeth over. There
may be tiny cavity, so small, in fact,
that 1t is revealed only when the
dentist looks through his magnifying
glass. But that cavity attended to in
time will involve small cost, little
pain, and result in the preservation of
the tooth. Sometimes the dentists
examination may fail to reveal a small
cavity way down near a root and IL
you yourself do not find it soon 1t will
mean good-sized filling when you
next visit the dentist. Therefore. IL
longer than three months is allowed
to elapse between the visits to the
dentist 1t is easy to estimate the dam
age that may result to your teeth.
Much has been written and said con-
corning the care of the teeth, and in
many instances the statements are ex-
treme. One of them-that the condi-
ton Of the teeth depends wholly on
the care given them-is arbitrary and
untrue AS a matter of cleanliness and
q means of aiding the preservation
and enhancing the beauty of the teeth,
unceasing daily attention should be
bestowed upon them, but even under
these ministrations teeth will decay,
lose their color and become useless,
and 1t Is not unusual to see rows of
strong, white, ound-looking teeth that
have never known brush or dentifrice.
Unsound teeth are due to constitu-
tional defects, unless the teeth have
been abused by being made to serve as
nut-crackers or having some equally
abnormal task forced upon them.
Their color, tod If dark. may result
from the use of iron, as medicine,
or from an acid condition of the stom-
ach, and all brushing, cleaning and
polishing that may be given them will
not restore them to their original
whiteness
There are also teeth which are of a
waxen-white or yellow ivory tint. The
former have pearly, transparent edges,
indicating delicate constitution and
like it are frail and doomed soon to
decay. The latter are strong and
generally belong to a person of vigor-
GUS constitution, but no amount of
brushing or securing will ever bleach
them to wilderness that is not natural
to them.
It is claimed by some that sweets
are Injurious to the teeth. Pure cane
sugar candy or maple sugar will not
corrode the teeth, even If one partake
plenteously of these sweets. The teeth
need work and exercise, and, II proper
ly used and not abused. whatever is
. good for, the stomach and can be prop
erly digested will not harm the teeth.
The real harm is done when crumbs
are left In the teeth, especially over
night. Then acid accumulates and
slowly eats the enamel, and once
this occurs there will soon be a
cavity.
Never use toothpick of any kind.
For removing the crumbs between the
teeth dental floss is better. 1t should
be drawn between the teeth after eat
ing and always before retiring at
night. It is not necessary to use pow
der every day, but 1t is necessary to
brush the teeth morning and night
with tepid water to which pinch or
two of borax has been added. This
sweetens the breath and keeps the
teeth clean. Two or three times a
week brush them with powder, and
once month give them a general
cleaning with pulyerized pumice, rims
ing the teeth thoroughly afterward.
A cleansing and refreshing tooth
powder may be made with the fol-
| lowing ingredients:
Equal parts OF precipitated chalk.
powdered orris root, borax and pow
dered CASTLE soap. Weigh these in
gradients. and, il half pound or
more, FIVE cents worth of oil of winter
green may be added. Then sift all
through several times. When not us
ing, keep closely covered.
II the practice Of rinsing the teeth
and month after eating were more
generally observed, the teeth would
last longer and dentists bills would be
fewer. Pour pint OF boiling water
over tablespoonful of bicarbonate OF
soda. When cool is may be used to
rinse the teeth, as this destroys the
accumulation Of acid. Larger proper
| fions NAV "a mixed and kept handy