Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-03-09

Food and then germs from the mouth
get into the little hole in the tooth
and the hole gets bigger and bigger
Then toothache begins, because the
nerves in the tooth are being irritat
ed by the fermenting food, the acid
and the germs.
What to DO IL the Teeth are
Irregular or Decayed
Save the teeth. Every tooth pulled
out causes more wear and work to be
put on the other teeth. Never pull
a tooth if you can help it. Save it
Just as soon as you have read this
booklet, look at the teeth of every
member of the family. Look at then
with a small looking glass that you
can put in the mouth. Wash the look
ing glass in soap and water after us
ing it upon each person If there are
holes in the teeth or they need clean
ing, go to a dentist-go to the best
dentist you can find.
First and Second Teeth
A child has a first set of teeth &c
prepare the way for second set. The
/ first set makes a kind of scaffold tC
keep the jaw wide apart, so that
when the jaw grows there will be
room enough for the bigger set OF
teeth.
A Baby's Tooth Brush.
Get baby tooth brush and brush
the baby's teeth; brush them front
and back. Remember that the back
of the teeth ought to have just as
much attention as the front Brush
the teeth up and down, even more
than across, so that the toothbrush
may get in between the teeth. Get q
looking glass, as near like the den
lists looking glass as you can, lay il
back of the teeth. Hold looking
glass in front of your face and see il
the back of the teeth is just as clean
as the front. Watch the teeth Once
week look at the jewels you are
saving for the baby. See that no spo,
comes upon them. Just because they
are so fine and beautiful, do not neg
| lect to care for them. Beautiful Jew.
els receive great care; SO should
the pearls in the mouths of your
children.
Look at Your Child's Nose.
Does its nose run? Is its nose sore
|
fever sores or eczema around It's nose
and mouth? Are the eyes red? Is il
dull? Does it stand and look at you
with its mouth open? Does it put its
hand to its head as If it had earache
Does your child sleep with its mouth
open? Does it snore?
Mouth Breathers.
If your child does any of these
things it is mouth breather. Take
it to your doctor and ask him if il
has adenoids or large tonsils. Mouth
breathing in children is nearly always
caused by adenoids. Adenoids should
always be removed,
Where Adenoids Grow.
Adenoids grow from the back parl
of the throat where the nose and
throat join. Adenoids are shaped
| like a little head of cauliflower, col.
ored red. They hang from the back
part of the nose and stop it up and
make the child breathe through its
mouth.
Breathing Through the Mouth
Not the Right Way
when the air is taken through the
mouth much dust and many more
germs are taken into the body than
whyen the air is taken through the
nose.
AdenOids and Earache.
Children with adenoids often have
earache. Notice if your child coin
plains of earache. Whether little
matter does not come from the ear
! Does he hear well? Don't always
blame him II he is slow-perhaps he
is deaf. Ear ache often means that
the child has adenoids. Adenoids
should be removed. Ear ache Away,
means that the child Is in danger OF
getting deaf. Ear ache always means
that the child is in uanger of getting
running ear. A running ear Is al
ways dangerous, for the child may
get brain fever from it. A running
ear should always be treated by an
ear doctor; it will not get well with
out good care. 1t may make the child
deaf
1t is Hard for Children with
Adenoids to Learn.
Children with adenoids do not
feel we'll. They are often scolded for
being slow in learning their lessons
when they cannot see or hear proper
ly. They cannot smell because their
noses are stuffed up. They are some
times suffering from pains in the
joints; from beginning heart disease
or from enlarged glands. They are
unable to learn or work because their
bodies are slowly being poisoned by
the germs in the large tonsils and
adenoids and the germs about decay
ed or dirty teeth. The germs from
dirty teeth. adenoids and diseased
tonsils are carried into the stomache
with food and drink, and may also be
carried to the lungs, and may cause
stomache, bowel or lung disease.
Easier for "a Child with Large TOnsils
and AdenOids to Catch" Disease
A child with crooked. decayed
teeth and diseased tonsils and ade-
noids has a much greater chance OF
getting diptheria, scarlet fever, meas
les and whooping cough. When such
a child gets any of these diseases, il
has the disease great deal harder
than a child which has had its ton
sils and adenoids taken out. Large
tonsils and adenoids make good
places for disease germs to grow in
and, therefore, a sick child does moi
get we'll of the disease as soon as {
healthy child. The sick child will
large tonsils and adenoids has mucl
more catarrh in the nose and throa