The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-10-24

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the title Of a three reel picture
snd lecture prepared by Major
Leonard q. Mitchell Dental corps,
which will be circulated by the
Interior Department and other or
CARNATIONS in the hope Of convince
ing people Of the necessity Of caring
for their teeth.
The Surgeon General Of the Army
and an increasingly large number
OF Americas leading surgeons,
patholoeists and research men now
recognize the diseased mouth aud
teeth as cansativc factors Of many
Of the serious diseases Of the body.
II Is pointed out In the picture that
the unclean aud diseased mouth In
H. relation 10 systematic diseases
IL one Of the most serious health
problems which confront the people
today.
The motion picture used 10 illus
trate the lecture was produced
at the Army Medical Museum In
Washington by the direction Of
Surgeon General Ireland. with a
view Of impressing upon our SOL
diers the great importance Of free
ing the mouth OF all infection and
maintaining strict mouth hygiene.
Major Mitchell says, The very
early training OF children must not
be neglected. II they are TO have
strong teeth and good health.
Misunderstanding and the use Of the
pacifyer cannot be too strongly con-
demned as they cause restriction
Of the arches and nasal passages,
causing mouth breathing. adenoids.
enlarged tonsils and irregular teeth.
with their long train OF systematic
Ills which will materially affect the
general health and life Of the IN
dividual. The d~eclduous, or first
teeth, must be saved until normal
time 10 be replaced by the per-
manent teeth. These first teeth
provide the required development
OF the jaws and guide the perma-
nent teeth into their proper posi-
tion. The first permanent molars
which erupt al the age OF six
years OF age, r the most impor-
tant Of all the permanent teeth, yel
arc the most neglected. The loss
Of n or more OF these teeth means
loss OF normal occulsion. inability
10 properly chew and the tipping
into the space OF the second molar
when the third or wisdom teeth
erupL This condition Is also re-
sponsible for pyorrhea later In
life.
Children should have plenty OF
coarse food which requires much
chewing, also food such as milk
and eggs, which contain plenty Of
lime.
The picture shows the formation
OF a cavity and how, N neglected.
the nerves become involved with
the forming Of an abcess, and also
how various parts OF the body are
reached and become diseased. II
does not sufficiently emphasize,
however, the danger Of the blind
abcess. which does not open
through the gum 10 the surface or
cause pain. This form OF abcess
will occur when the dental nerve
has been removed and the canals
imperfectly filled. The formation
OF pus In such an abcess Is 30 slow
that the blood circulation can alb
sorb Il and n Is carried 10 all paris
OF the body, producing no swelling
Of the gum or pain about the tooth.
This tooth may do It's work without
pain TO the individual. yet establish
a serious infection in some other
part OF the body. The progress be-
ing painless is insiduous and dan
gcrous.
The X-Ray Is proving that a very
small per cent Of root canals are
properly filled. He advises That
tooth with nerve removed should
be ex-rayed In order that the
patient may e for himself that
tncre is eno infection. A dentist
can not do root canal work without
the use Of an X-Ray.
Several Of the scenes In the film
we're taken al the walter Reed
hospital, Takoma Park, u. C., where
there Is on record many cases
where these blind abcesses result
ing from poorly filled canals, have !
the canals r we'll filed and
been the cause OF serious diseases
Of the body.
II Is pointed out that the loss of
teeth from pyorrhea Is q seriousI
one. The bone process Is 80
destroyed that there 4 little left
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