Milford chronicle., 1920-02-13
TEETH AND HEALTH
CHILDREN,s HEALTH
By r. ALLEN GRIFFITH. D. D. S.

There is no more important thing
in the world than good health.
This is fact that no one viii dis
pute The main trouble is that we
never give it a thought until il is
gone
Are YOU fathers and mothers taking
care OF the health of your children in
/ the proper way?
Your duty at home is to look after
/ this condition constantly.
{ If the child complains, do you in
vestigate as to where the pain is and
eliminate the cause at its inception?
Consult the specialists in their par
ticular line when necessary, or make
use of the various clinics to which you
have access.
Remember, most physicians give a
share OF their time to charity, so there
is little excuse for the rich or poor
to neglect their children's health
While it is the province of this col
umn to write only about the mouth,
vet as the mouth exerts control over
the entire body, it would be folly for
any dentist to disregard the effect
of this organs control over the rest
of the human system.
All food that goes to. nOurish the
body must pass thru the mouth and
much Of the air that we breathe must
enter thru the mouth. hence. the
mouth is the great port of entry for
everything that enters the system.
If this port of entry is full of decay
ed food and germs how can the child
be healthy regardless of the diet.
Childhood is the foundation of life
long health and the construction
should be firm and stable.
This firm foundation require first,
clean healthy teeth in a clean healthy
mouth, proper diet, fresh air and ex-
ercise.
You all know bowlegs and knock
knees such as you see in children
These are usually due to ricketts,. caus-
ed by a faulty diet.
This disease does not come to the
poorer classes alone. We also find
it in the well-to-do class
II is not a question Of the quantity
of the food but a question of the bal I
anced diet. An excess of pickles and 1
candy does not constitute a balance
diet. The physician is frequently
criticised because he does not produce /
results when the parents are not do /
ing their part in giving the child prop .
er food
Also they do not carry out the ply
sician is frequently criticised because .
he does not produce results when the
parents are not doing their part in
giving the child proper food.
Also they do not carry out the
directions, in regard to
"a food 10 tho 1affnVs TTn1ar Z
these circumstances how can the
physician be expected to produce re-
suits?
What ignorance. among certain
types and classes of people will bring
about was experienced during an in
vestigation in Labrador.
They seldom clean their teeth. They
10 wash their faces. Their foods are
chiefly fish, white bread. no butter
The quantity of white bread they eat
produces a disease of the mouth. sim
lar to the Japanese disease of ber-
beri Black bread would be very
much more nutritious and healthful
and would prevent the disease, but
hese people refuse to eat it because
hey consider white bread cleaner
The japanese have practically elm
mated beriberi by making it a crimi-
lal offence to offer polished rice for
ale. In our country it is almost i'm
possible to buy unpublished rice and
most people eat white bread. It is
,nly due to the great variety of our
let that malnutrition is not more pre-
alent than it is Watch your diet.
AXE daily care of the body. Take hot
aths to cleanse the skin, and take
are of that channel of elimination
'e careful of the gastro-intestinal
ract. Drink at least two quarts of
'ater daily. Above all, wash your
seth as you wash your hands and
ice.
Remember the mouth is the great
ort of entry to the body and is the
irtiest part in the body
Keep it clean. for health is largely
ependent upon mouth cleanliness.