The Calumet news., 1912-06-13
BUNTING'S TALK
TO THE DENTISTS
v. OF M. PROFESSOR SAYS cHsL.
DREN ARE IN NEED OF DEN.
TAI ATTENTION.

TAI ATTENTION.
One OF the features OF public inter
est I'm the gathering OF dentists st
Marquette recently was the lecture or
Oral Hygiene" given at tie Guild Hall
Saturday evening by DR. r. w Bunt-
ing on Ann Arbor, in which a number
OF interesting and instructive slides
were shown. The speaker dealt with
the necessity of teaching the children
the care Of the teeth, and also urged
the adoption Of medical and dental in
spection in the schools.
! in beginning his lecture, DR.. Bunting
said that never before has tne world
been 50 interested i'm the welfare Of the
other half" This he. said, is age Of
philanthropy. He dwclt on the scope
which this spirit Of philanthropy has
taken. 1t has investigated the lite
conditions Of the poorer classes in tie
| large cities, has insisted upon better
sanitary conditions in the home. the
! factory and the lodging house, and has
taught the people that their health
and efficiency depended upon these
proper life conditions. True philan-
lhropy he said. with its slogan o.
"hy Riene" in all departments OF life,
is bringing about a betierment OF the
/ individual ard the masses that VIII be
one OF the greatest factors i'm the ma
tional economy
Our Most Valuable Asset.
Turning to the chld. he said that
the philanthrophy which Is directed to-
ward it is perhaps productive of The
greatest good. Our children" he con-
! tinued. are our most valuable asset.
We lntrust them to the care or the
school board and their corps of teach
ers. to be- under their complete charge
and supervision for a large part Of
a very important period in their lifes.
We are thus imposing a great respon
sibility upon the school authorities. II
~ in the investigation Of the condi
tions In the schools and the correction
of many existing evils that a greai
work ls being done all over this eoun-
try which will make Tor theconserNa-
tion of the nation
He then considered what had been
done for the betterment OF the hygienic
condition in the schools, and concluded
that the time is coming. and coming
very soon. when every school will have
q medical inspector or II visiting nurse
he then called the attention Of his
hearers to mouth and throat conditions
and the effect which they may have
upon the development of the child.
Need Dental Attention.
From Is 60 80 per cent Of the chill
dren in our public scrools," he said,
need dental attention. This is the re-
suit OF statistics which have been re-
ported from examinations made in ev
cry section of the country. Ever
where the children are fouud 10 have
teeth that are decaycd teeth that are
Irregular. absccsses and ulcerations
about the teeth. and masses of food
and infected materials in and about
them. There is no exception to this
rule.
but now" he asked what are tie
effects Of these. mouth conditions? Is
dren brush their teeth ana that they
have their first teeth flied and savec =
The mouth has the function 9f re-
ceiving the food which IS taken into
the body. that of grinding the TODD to a
sufficient hneness that the digestive !
juices may act upon it. and finally that
Of mixing the ground food with saliva. |
which contains ferments capable OF |
changing starch to sugar. and albumin |
to albuminose. For the accomplish !
ment OF this work. the normal adult |
mouth he's thirty two and the child |
twenty teeth in gooA ccclusion. H.
the anterior teeth tear Oft |
large pieces. which are carried back - |
The pOsterdor teeth for division and |
grinding. Normally the meats are |
simply divided finely but the starchy \
substances should be thoroughly
ground and mixed with the saliva. thus
,reaking the ccllulose covering OF the
starch and allowing the fefments 10
ict upon its contents.
Hiding Places OF Germs.
The Importance Of cral hygiene he
'aid. us being brought to the atten-
lon Of the physicians of our lana with
Iuch force that they are becoming en-
hused in the propaganda and are
strong I'm their demands that the chill
lren receive dental instruction. In this
Or. Evans, Chicago health
,oard commissioner says: For a
ong time in watching cases of scarlet
ever, in order that the community
night be protected, we watched the
kin. We have learned now that il Is
more essential to investigate The CON
itions of the mouth. the nose and the
hroat and the teeth. All of these
hings should be watched" lie states
urther I'VE have learned that there
! not so much danger OF diphtheria
rom the child that Is actively sick as
here is from the child who has not
cen sick at all but who harbors the
iphtheria i'm others because the bac-
ema may remain latent in the nose, :
he throat, tonsis and in the cavities
Z tho fopfh