Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1925-01-15

more conveniently reached with the
jaws closed, the brush should be us
ed with downward sweep from the
upper gum over the buccal surfaces
of the lower teeth. At all times the
brush should sweep from the gum to
the cutting edge Of the tooth, never
from the cutting edge toward the
gum
Some persons seem not to effect
lively clean the gingival third (or
nect) of the surfaces of the teeth
with the upward and downward move
ments just mentioned. This will be
more likely to be so, if for any rea-
son the buccal gingivae have lost
their knife-like edge and are rather
thick and blunt. Such areas should
be cleaned with a forward and back
ward motion of the brush, about half
of the width Of the brush being over
the gingivae, the other half over the
buccal surfaces of the teeth. / have
occasionally seen some injury to sep
tai tissue by the use of this move
ment with two stiff brush.
To go over the surfaces in the
region three or four times, with the
up and down motions, gradually
bringing the brush forward to the
front Of the mouth, is sufficient to do
all that can be done with the brush.
These motions viii bring the bristles
in contact with every part of the
tooth crown and through the embras-
ures as deeply as they can be readily
forced
The motion for the lingual surfaces
of the lower molars should be prac-
tically the same as those for the buc-
cal surfaces, but they are more diff
cult to make correctly. The same
may be said Of the lingual surfaces
of the upper molars. For both low
ers and uppers, the brush must be
held somewhat obliquely to the line
arch and most of the brushing done
with the bristles toward the end OF
the brush.
The brushing of the ingual sur
faces of the incisors, both lower and
upper, is best done with an endwise
motion of the brush. The handle OF
the brush should project out OF
mouth parallel to the length of thess
The brush, while held in this position,
should be placed on the gum and the
motion of the brush should be over
the gum, gingivae and teeth. The
brush, while held in this position,
should be placed on the gum and the
motion of the brush should be over
the gum, gingivae and teeth. The
brush should then be lifted, repla@-
ed on the gum, and the motion over
the crests of the ginivae thin, whiL
brushing with the opposite motios
several times. This will tend to keep
gum, gingivae and teeth repeated
would tend to reduce the height Of
of the ginivae and thicken the crests.
The brush may be moved from side
to side across the lingual surfaces of
the teeth close to the gum, for the
removal of deposits which may have
been missed by the other movement
This brushing should include the gum
Care of the Brush. After using,
the brush should be thoroughly rinsed
with water and hung up to dry. If
the brush selected does not have a
hole in the handle, a brass screw
eye of proper size makes very good
holder The eye should be large en-
ough so that the handle can be sIipp-
ed through it, the bristles being up
Tin sunlight).
After brushing, the mouth should
be quite thoroughly rinsed with sew
eral mouthfuls of water. It is well
also, to rinse the mouth number
of times while doing the brushing.
The more effective rinsing, when the
water is taken into the mouth, is
done by closing the teeth firmly and
forcing the water back and forth
from lingual to buccal number of
times.
Until one has certainly formed the
habit Of brushing the teeth syste-
matically in accordance with the
plan mentioned, or any similar one
which includes all positions which
need to be brushed, he should stand
before q. mirror and watch every
movement to see that the brushing is
thoroughly done. Even those per-
sons who take the utmost care in the
brushing of their teeth are liable to
miss one or more places. The saliva
ton of the mouth is the toothbrush.
The salvation Of the soul is also to
have washable memory, and to keep
dirt out of the corners of the imagin-
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