The sun., 1915-06-27
TON FIRST CITY TO ASSUME CARE OF CHILDRENS TEETH

safety. Dentistry Is surgery, and, q.
accidental infections are @, "a
avoided, utmost precautions must h.
taken in the sterilIzing or instru.
ments, &C.
During the next few years much
Of the work OF the Forsyth Dental In.
f1rmary Will consist in tho extraction
Of hopeless teeth and tho curing n,
mouth troubles already established
through neglect But as tim. -oes
on the treatment given wil ho ma
steadily increasing measure preventive
In character. The patents Will ee
taken ir KIND very early In lie and
tr.~r mouths will not 4 allowed 20 g.t
out of order. Under the system now
adopted tr- case Of eacr child treated
is followed up by "a series pf appoint.
ments If necessary. until the mouth.
nose. and throat are clean and healthy.
80 much I have said about .he Bos-
ton institution because u Is value a,
an object lesson FOR other municipa!..
ties. Its completeness may be Judged
from the fact that one wing os the
magnificent building Is devoted to
tooth extracting and anesth esA
cases. with separate wards FOR bor
and girls-each word being provided
with three beds for patients who hAv>
undergone major operations.
Adjoining the wards IS a Diet KIT
chen. A special exit is provided for
patients who have their teeth pulled
or who suffer other painful operations,
In order that children recovering from
nervous shock or the effects Of sther
may not come into contact with thoes
awaiting treatment.
Experience has taught that 20 chn-
dren the process OF waiting. while com
PEELED TO ait pr.mly on benches. IS mora
exhausting than actual dental work
Accordingly. they are allowed 70 pay
about in a park that adtolns the wait
ling room. and thence are summoned.
in small squads. to be inspected and
assigned TO different departments 40
cord.ng to their needs.
The Forsyth Infirmary starts Win
sixty-four chairs for patients This
number can, IL desired. be increased
TO one hundred and six. Each chair
will care for twelve children IN, an
eight-hour day. so that, with the .n-
.tial equipment. seven hundred and
sixty-e.ght patients a day can os
treated. With three hundred wording
days in the year, more than two hum
dred and thirty thousand operations
can be performed. allowing for three
treatments annually OF nearly seventy
seven thousand children.
There Is close relation between
mental development and denta, d.
velopment. Elaborate data recently
collected in Cleveland relating % ~.
schoolchildren OF that city showed
that health OF the mouth and stand.
ing in the class were things intimately
associated. In number OF cases
children who were inattent.ve. stupid
and even incorrigihle became normal
we'll behaved, bright and stui.ou-
when their mouths had received proper
treatment The results obtained by
such means were in fact little sNor,
Of marvellous.
What adenods will do % mako a
child stupid Is well known The re-
moval OF such a growth a, the ha 4
Of the nasal cavity is easily accom-.
pl!shed The detormed mouth aron e
less realty dealt with, but can ~
treated successfully. This kind % go.
form!ty has a marked effect upon ~. ..
tai development-natura eno"--
inasmuch as the skull a. q whole 70,
not grow as II ought symmetriCl.
The upper teeth are caused p r-1,
tect. while the lower Jaw is rotr
The chln.ess Ind v!dua,s one m"o'- q
and then are persons whose .~.'
Jaws have been thrown hack
contraction Z the mou,r arnr '..
dertally the nose is likely - ha g.. b
crooked by the bending ~ ir- Sc. ~
or dividing bone, our OF shape
The growth of know'ad-" .r 90. "a
70 matters such as those
birth 70 a new surgical ar. .
the orth -dont.st. who makes -.
ness Of straighten!nC teeth V.E.. ..
mouth arches and otherwise r.'.
the jaws into shape. This ..u-'. :
is only one feature Of new ana .'n
prehenslv- system Il treitni,r. .aa
has been developed 70 a cro4. s>'.r
out of the discovery that t-a .rna'
mouth j. % he regarded as -" -s'r
way Of health and disetse 2. v
would be well We must keep .- r..41
wholesome and In good repair"