Milford chronicle., 1920-12-17
CLEAN TEETH

Scientists have proved conclusively
that many chronic diseases are due to
bad teeth. Not only is a person with
an unclean mouth in constant danger
of becoming victim of some disease
= due to infection, but he is d menace
to the health of the people around him.
Eyerytime he coughs, sneezes or even
breathes the air is contaminated. Only
within recent years has the value of
dentistry as preventive of disease
been recognized.
1t is unfortunate that most people
neglect their teeth until driven by
pain to have them attended to.
toothache is treated by stuffing
+ the cavity with cotton saturated with
some drug or toothache wax, which
only aggravates the condition.
They only visit the dentist when the
temporary methods have failed and the
nerve must be removed or the tooth
pulled. Few people seem to realize
. that when they lose a tooth they are
losing an essential part of their body.
When tooth is lost part of the an
atomy is lost just as much as if a
finger or toe were lost, and the effect
may be more serious to the general
health
Carelessness of mouth conditions is
one of the greatest sources of disease.
Scientists, physicians, dentists and ev-
en- the general public have just be-
gun to realize, during the last few
years, the perfectly plain fact that
the mouth is the first and greatest
avenue thru which germs may enter
the body. In the human mouth and
especially in the unclean mouth, the
germs find ideal conditions to live and I
multiply. Most of these germs are of /
the disease-producing varieties and (
they are carried into the stomach end /
find their way into the blood stream (
to be carried to all parts of the body 4
where they produce some serious dis
ease.
Even diseases that are not caused
directly by unsanitary mouth condi-
tions are greatly aggravated by these
conditions, thru lowering of the re-
sistance.
When the blood stream is constant
ly poisoned by these micro-organisms
continuously poured into it there must
come a time when the resistance is
broken down and the human machine
must be laid up for repairs.
These are easily understood facts
and are the reasons why regular,
eiea In ess 9f 9 the mouth and
the maintenance of the structure of
the teeth themselves is so essentially !
worth while. 1t means freedom from !
Ntn, increased nutrition, greater vi !
zdfty, increased efficiency, keener
1antality and heightened life.
Lit is economy in time and money.
he greatest object of medicine and :
I&ntisty today is the prevention of ,
<Eease. Dentistry is preventing and !
mfing disease today by oral hygiene. :,
lral hygiene is the science of taking
ROPER care of the mouth and teeth :
b promote good health. Simple mouth
lleanliness has to offer for the pre- <
Tention and cure of disease for the :, =,
|rolonging of life. u y
To get the best possible results from
|ral hygiene necessary attention 10
he teeth should start in earliest child II
Iood and be continued all thru life. u u
I is never too late, however, to start = =
Preventive dentistry. Even those who y
ave sadly neglected their teeth may s.
njoy wonderful benefits by having b
heir mouths put in condition and CIV ID
ng their mouths regular attention af- is
erward. 70
The world does not yet realize what u
entistry can do for humanity. k'