The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-04-24

course you will save health. money.
time and energy. ~ you follow the
second course ahd allow your teeth
% ache. YOU have u choice then OF
doing one OF three things a. You
may have your aching tooth treated
bv the same methods dentists have
used for the past 80 years. go You
may have tho tooth extracted. tal
You may have the tooth treated by
medern surgical methods.
let " anaiyze each OF the fore
going and see which YOU wish 10
choose. Certainly you do not want
your teeth treated now as teeth we're
treated In the past. for that form Of
treatment has been u Ehasiy failure.
n half % what We now believe of the
~inadequacy 81 uch treatment II true
II leads straight to the o serious
diseases Of the most vital organs OF
the body.
THE second choice. extraction. Is
not particularly inviting, Nobody
wants to lose teeth. Vacant lots In
tho mouth are not pretty. And II II
mighty expensive and not as satisfaC-
tory as Il might be TO M such
spaces.
And 80 We arrive at h third
choice. namely modern. uscptic sur
gical treatment of teeth. Ia must be
admitted that an teeth which have
M'NNNN 10 % NNHh w NN'HNANAAH AHAN 49,
life ~ ust one risk afttr another. We
must take some risks. IL is "a risk To-
cross the street. a Ford nay hit you.
However. II Is good sense "a run rs
few risks ~ possible and reduce those
we cannot escape to the minimum
once a tooth hiss achcd IL shOuld
either be extracted or. u II Is to be
left In the mouth. Il should be treat
ed by modern methods with A. much
care as a surgeon exercises when OPP
Grating on the brain or the eye
But the trouble with this modern
surgical method Of treating the canals
81 teeth which have nchod is that %
IT, 80 inf rnally expensive. People Of
Ordinary mtpn after having one or
two teeth treated win see that they
cannot afford 10 continue d practice
Of ueglectinE their teeth until such
,r'htment becomes necessary Ther,
too. rs ! have said. the tooth with
hr nerve removed b. always q risk to
health. And even though the risk be
reduced Co tne minimum. 20 IN"
point where % max not worry YOU
while your health IN good Still n your
health gets bad land soon or late
evcry bodys heath mils ihtmD then
suspicion falls on the tooth. AMI
though the poor old tooth MAY not
be- guilty Of causing the disease OF
the body its innocence canuo always
hr proved Nv. while the sickness lasts
d D. e source OF concern.
Iltoosc Least of Evils.
From the foregoing 10 Will hc seer
that once e tooth has achcd your
choice is only a matter of selecting
the least objectionable Of these evils.
Therefore the only sensible thing for
anyone To do n To- prcveat toothnche
hy having teeth filled and reflicd and
filled again just 40 soon as small
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whole train ~ trouble that follows
when dental disease r. allowed to pro
Rrsss To the second stage. b g., the
stage where the pulp tnerNcl becomes
diseased.
Nobody likes Ia have TO spend
piouey ON their teeth. hut IL cannot
be avoided and o. b. not 90
stay away from e dentist rhi- wear
20 save so ~ have Co Eo ncN year
ana pay eight or ten times that
amount
select your oentls, with a. much
care ~ you do ,our family physician.
Tor your dentist Is loo % position To DO
% great harm ur great good.
There b. only one h~arEs.n On dem
tstrN. that b. the bargain OF proven
lion n is a great mistake 10 imagine
that just ans ktnU ~ dentistry viii
or that ans Kline ~ dental ur mpll-
eel treatment is better than mo- dental
or medical treatment at all o. may
be iru" that any kind of uu. are
better than mo- trousers at an. hut
the wrong kind Of dentistry may do
more harm than good and the wrong
operation Is the wrong operation. no
mnttcr how %sklllfully % may be- per-
formed.
dentistry has but one real mes
sage Tor tho people and tho message
Is "ruutharhr is preVcntahlc ana YOU
must not let NoIr teeth ache when
I Civ this message 10 older people
than you students ~ the -unlycrslty
! often feel discouraged Tor ! know
The message has come too late. But
with you, or the great majority OF
You. the message as I give Do 90 you
comes ln plenty uf time You are
your lives are before YOU aud
our NOUNS are iu your own hands.
so tu speak