The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1920-12-02
HEALTH NOTES
By the County Nurse)

| The children of Haakon county
are helping me in the sale of the
christmas Seals and Health Bonds.
The offer of new propylactic
tooth brush TO every child who
Isells Seals or subscribes toward a
bond, is made as an incentive to-
ward the Health Crusade Chores.
] have found children most sus-
ceptible to sense impressions. /
have learned to remember that
cleanliness can not be taught sue
cessfully by an untidy nurse in a
disordered room. That the sight
of a clean apron and neat table
laid with the equipment for physi-
cal examination, goes farther to
impress the child with the idea
Of personal cleanliness than any
amount of instruction or scolding.
That the sight Of the new tooth
brush and demonstration of the
right way to use it and care for
it, are more effective than much
speech toward creating desire
for cleanliness and beautiful teeth
| In the school where morning in-
spection is now a part of the op-
aning exercises, the new tooth
brushes will play an important
role
The anatomy of tooth-A Lesson
in Oral Hygiene
| "A tooth is divided into, root,
neck and crown. The neck and
root are covered with hard sub
stance called dentine. The crown
s covered with enamel. tho hard
ast substance in the body. The
enter of the tooth is filled with
soft mass of blood vessels and
nerves.
/ The temporary teeth, twenty in
number appear about the sixth
month. The cutting of the teeth
IS accompanied by swelling of the
runs and often by convulsions.
These are replaced by the per
manent teeth. Tthirty-two in num-
Der. The first of these to appear
are the six year molars. The last
of his set are the wisdom teeth
| which sometimes do not appear
until after twenty years of age
md in some cases not at all. The
six year molars should be carefully
preserved as they are never re-
placed
| Tarter is deposit of animal
and mineral matter precipitated
by the fluids of the mouth. 1t is
rust color, yellow or greenish
brown. 1t renders the teeth spon-
gy and susceptible to decay.
The gums become unhealthy, are
forced away from the teeth, alb
sorption of the bony socket of the
tooth occurs and often pyorrhea
germs invade the exposed parts
and our teeth literally fall out
/ Tartar vitiates the saliva and a
disagreeable odor prevades the
breath.
| Abcessed teeth are frequent
cause of necrosis of the bone.
Neuralgia of the eye and face is
frequently caused by diseased
teeth.
Gumbolis.-A ahcess or gum
boil is caused by posoin from the
dead nerve Of pulp of neglected
tooth. AS many as six abcesses
have been found in child's mouth
due to neglect of the first teeth
Pus is Small Deadly Posoin--A
Decayed Tooth Small Pus Factory
Diseases of the bony structure
of the body, as ricketts,, is fire.
quent cause of decayed teeth, soft
and crumbling substance, which
decay early and are breeding place
for germs of diptheria and tubecu
losis.
Mouth Hygiene The teeth be-
ing composed mostly of lime salts
it is important that foods supply
ing these elements should form a
large part of a growing childs
diet. Milk and foods composed of
milk, cerials, fruits, fresh or stew
fruits, the merits of which | fear
we often lose sight of.
Nature indicates the time for
the removal of temporary teeth
by absorbing the roots and loos-
ening the crown.
The pacifer and the thumb suck
ing habit, mouth breathing, pout-
ing and all bad habits of facial
expression, can be prevented in
infancy. These destroy the harm
ony of expression, which is the
heretage of every child, and of
which they are so often robbed by
their fond parents.
Now a word about the second
set of teeth, when we observe the
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