Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-02-13
GOSPEL OF CLEANLINESS
AS TO THE MOUTH
BY the Dental Surgeon.

Every man here owes to himself and to
those most dear to him at home, clean
| bill of health By that / mean that you
should take the best possible care OF your
bodies and be careful what you put INTO
| them Everything you eat goes INTO your
mouth before it gets irto your body. What
| is the use of having clean klt a;aS 1000
and mess kit if your mouth is hlthyF
| Most of your pains are due to neglected
mouths or to the fact that you Go not
| chew your food thoroughly. In order 10
| thoroughly masticate your 1000 ana not
! overWork your stomach, 1t IS necessary
| that every tooth be clean and healthy ana
| in position in your mouth. some 1000
| substances if thoroughly mastlcated, are
digested in the mouth. You can readily
see that if you gulp down food before Il
| is sufficiently imived with sallVa' you VIII
sooner or later have the pam IN your
| stomach which you call Indigestion. YOU,
who are troubled with indigestion, take
! my advice; chew your food well and your
! stomach troubles will end. Although IN
| order that you obtain the fullest Ell
| ficiAncy from your masticating apparatus,
| it is necessary that you do not nave IN
| your mouth, filthy, rotten germ laden cav
| tiles of decay A cavity in tooth CON-
| tains all kinds of poisonous germs and
| YOU chew your food and mix germs and
! food and swallow the garbage. When a
cavity starts in a tooth 1t means that mil
| lions of germs are eating away the struc-
| ture of the tooth. AS the process OIL decay
Igoes on the mass of germs becomes iarg-
| er anu they get into and irritate the pulp
| or so-called nerve Of the TOOTH Ehen
comes the toothaclIe, which many OF you
| know is the worst pain you can suffer
| Next, the poisonous germs destroy the
| pulp or nerve and get out through the
| end of the tooth root into the Jaw bones
where they keep on destroying and eat
! ing the tissues and the next thing you
| know your face swells up like football.
| Later, the pus resulting from the destruc-
| ton of tissue eats its way out through the
| bone and finds an outlet in the mouth, as
| the so-called gum-boil. In many cases it
| breaks out through the skin. Then comes
| the dangerous time. The puS from an
| abScesS in the bone of the jaw is little diff
feTent from a boil on your arm. New you
| constantly poison yourself by swallowing
this rotten stuff, but you would rebel If
asked to suck the pus from a boil or car
| buncle and swallow it. Think it over
| This rotten stuff is being swallowed by
| cess in his mouth. If an abscess is not
treated and is allowed to progress, the
poisonous germs eat away the bone It's
| sues, necrosis of the bone comes next, if
the man is not dead by this time, he
| loses half of his face or kicks the bucket
| from blood poisoning
| Absolutely the only wise thing for all of
| you to do is to accept this gospel Of the
| cleanliness of the mouth and keep your
| teeth and mouths clean. BY that l mean
clean-not only brushed, take some time,
at least after each meal and before going
| to bed especially, TO thoroughly clean your
| teeth and mouths. Most of the processes
| of decay go on during the night. Do not
| allow food to accumulate about your
| teeth and remain there. Decomposed food
| in the mouth is no different from de-
composed food found IN the garbage can
or the dump.
Get the habit and clean your teeth
regularly.