The farmer and mechanic., 1915-08-31
BRUSH YOUR TEETH.
ALSO YOUR TONGUE
The NdNiCc of " orld Famous Surgeon
Fortified hy That OF Dental TX

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Brush your teeth ~ All means
brush your teeth religiously and well.
but for PHYS sake brush YOUR tongue
too. Weld your brush backward and
forward under and over Ia the worth
TO the south. 10 the east and wes..
scour il with feryor for i i in very
truth tinv forest of dense, foliage
wherein Turks the unseen enemy
Every time YOU open your mouth A
whole regiment of little microbes
charge through the aperture and take
up quarters somewhere in tn. con
| fines OF Your chewing anuaratfts Seek
them out and annihilate them before
sweet sleep enfolds you: for. fortned
with an enormous canacity for WORK
| they rest not. neither do they weary
and YOU may awaken in tho morning
to find whole companies firmly en-
| trenched in the very middle of vour
| tongue If vou can't conceive II youl
own particular organ being 50 invaded
take a microscope and mirrow and get
busy
The statement issued hv Doctor
Mayo, the Minneapolis surgeon OF ma
tional reputation, that the next step
in preventive medicine should come
from the dentist" sums up in fen
simple words the vitality important
relative position of mouth hygiene 10
the prevention and eradication of dis
ease.
Most important of all" says Dr.
David Smith, instructor in dental sur
gerry at the University Of Pennsylvania.
is the care and attention which
should be gwen the temporary tor
hrst) teeth. Many mothers neglect
TINS flrst set believing their preSerSa-
uon u be OF MINOR Importance. These
teeth should he kept intact, so far -
!. regular cleansing by the child and at
tentlon by the dentist every six months
Will keep them SO, until the permanent
tSecond) tooth, having absorbed most
OF the root Of its predecessor, erupts
and supplants it.
Badly decayed teeth cause great
;. percentage OF the i'll health Of men,
= women ana chlldren, as may be
l realized by Doctor Mayo'S statement
. that the next step in preventive medi
cine should come from the dentist. It
Il is highly important that the teeth be
= brushed before retiring, as the food
q accumulated and remaining in the
mouth over night fermentS and breeds
u germs.
/ The proper routine in cleansing the
D. mouth is to brush the teeth thorough
le ly (using rotary motion, as brush
II ing CrOSSWiSe creates edgeS), using
le precipitate of chalk. Many of the
- popular tooth pastes contain pumice
- and are highly injurious tc the
- enamel.
I.e Next, and this cannot be emphasiz-
= ed too emphatically. run dental floss
between the teeth to dislodge food
which has become wedged there, as
=. the tooth brush never reaches these
points which are many times the cen
tres of decay.
N Then, above all, do not neglect tc
g brush your tongue as the tinv follicles
> are vertable breeding places for mi.
, crobes. as one look through the micro.
10 scope would convince YOU. Brush the
gums. also. as it strengthens them and
% makes them healthier.
10 "a mouth wash of salt and water is
ne as good as ANYTHING on the market
no prescribed for this purpose and dom
on forget to cleanse your brush before
o1- putting it AWAY as a eerm-lader
~ toothbrush is a menace tc, the gums
IN 'America leads the world in thi.