The Sentinel=record., 1912-11-24
RIGHT CARE OF TEETH
MOST HIGHLY DESIRABLE POINT
 OF BEAUTY.
Increasing Daily Attention and consci. entIous Visits tc the Dentist Are Imperative If Good Looks Are
 10 Be Preserved. :.

en who have perfectly good white set of teeth should guard them as they would the finest jewels. On good all- thority. it may be stated that bad stomach causes bad teeth, and if 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 vis- 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 a 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 a tiny cavity. so small. i'll 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 small cavity way down near root and if you yourself do not find it soon it will mean good-sized filling when you next visit the dentist. Therefore, if 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- cerning the care of the teeth, and in many instances the statements are ex- treme. One of them--that the condi- tion of the teeth depends wholly on the care given them--is arbitrary and untrue. As a matter of cleanliness and 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 it is not unusual to see rows of strong, white, sound-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. too. 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 waxen-white or yellow ivory tint. The former have pearly. transparent edges, indicating q delicate constitution and like it are frail and doomed soon to decay. The latter are strong and generally belong to person of vigor- ous constitution, but no amount of brushing or securing will ever bleach them to whiteness 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, If 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 accumuiates and slowly eats the enamel, and once this occurs there will soon be a cavity.
 Never use a toothpick of any kind. For removing the crumbs between the teeth dental floss Is better. It 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 it 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 week brush them with powder, and once month give them a general 1A0otiA16 NAAH pulfCii<Cd PuhiASts tAho- 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 castillo soap. Weigh these in- gradients. and. if 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.
 If 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 a tablespoonful of bicarbonate of soda. When cool is may be used to rinse the teeth, as this destroys the accumulation of acid Larger propor- tions may be mixed and kept handy for use. It takes but a moment to rinse the teeth. and this precaution helps in large measure to preserve them