The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1922-02-23

research work are being conducted
on extensive scales throughout the
country.
The Twelfth century has brought a
great renaissance in dentistry. Re.
search has proved that general health
is dependent to a large degree upon
tooth health. that the mouth Is one
% the three points at which systemic
disease has its inception. The 9th.
er two are the tonsils and the nasal
cavity.
Hear; and kidney LESSONS, neural.
gias, rheumatism. headaches, "a
whole body full % neuroses. deaf.
ness. blindness, gastritis and score,
Of other physical as well as mental
Affections Of humans have been
found frequently TO have their origin
in abscessed or pyorheal teeth. The
world has learned that general health
and tooth health are 90 closely bound
up that no; even the wisest Patio.
logist can say where one leaves of
and the other begins. And so DENTS
try has become a science--a very
exact science. II has become highly
specialized. taking it, place in point
Of importance with the surgery OF
any other part Of the body.
World Appreciates Its Teeth
Intelligent people everywhere ar,
sensing this changed attitude among
modern dentists with sympathetic
! understanding. The great mass OF
the reading public. particularly. ar,
awakened and averse to continuing
their former roles Of walking poison
factories-culture tubes for flourish
ing colonies Of pus germs which WORK
their way through the blood stream,
10 attack heart. kidney. liver or Other
vital organs. Even little children
in the more progressive schools. know
the significance Of the toothbrush
drill.
The world has accepted a new
word in the Anglo-Saxon dictionary
"Fletcherizing." II originally meant
the chewing Of food forty times
Now IL means through mastication
Horace Fletcher. a member Of the
American Association for the Ad.
vaneement Of Science. was at the
age Of so. because Of indigestion
given up to die. He went to a
dentist and was advised TO have hi.
teeth regulated 80 that he nigh,
properly mastieate his food and OBJ.
tain 100 per cent digestion. Horace
Fletcher was treated and he regain
ed his health.
A well-to-do manufacturer abou,
65 years Of age came limping on tive
canes into one Of the beautiful ex.
hibit dental offices Of the Ritter
Company in a certain city a few
years ago. He occupied a suite Of
rooms in the same building. I, seem
ed. After looking over the exhibit,
he remarked that he had paid out
thousands Of dollars to doctors but
had never spent a dollar for DENTS
try. The branch manager. after a
slight glimpse Of his teeth. believed
his last assertion and advised him 20
20 TO a good dentist and have a thor
ough examination.
Dentist Hsips Physician.
This advice was taken ana il was
n most amazed and rather angry man
who came back few days later. He
said the dentist had the nerve. after
looking his mouth over and preserib-
ing the necessary work for proper
reconstruction Of his teeth. to tell
him certain price. The man
thought such an estimate an outrage.
The Ritter branch manager remind
ed him Of the thousands he had paid
out to physicians and finally persu-
AIDED the manufacturer to have the
necessary dental work done.
A letter received by the branch
manager few weeks later from the
mans wife stated that her husband
had discarded his canes a few days
following the completion Of his den
tai work and was rapidly recovering
his health, feeling better than he
had in years" Modern" dentistry
had accomplished in a few weeks
what skilled physicians had been un-
able to do in years.
Similar cases Of recovery Of health
following dental treatment are oc-
curing by the thousands yearly. and
today the physicians are having their
patients 20 to reliable dentists for
X-raying and dental service as one Of
the first steps in diagnosis and treat
ment. The dentist has come into his
own. His fees are now reekoned BY
hundreds Of thousands Of progress
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