The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-04
Teeth Need
Best Care
Possible

school because of toothache than
from any other cause. Denta. carries
or tooth decay, is the most preva-
lent of all known diseases. It spares
no race. age. sex nor creed.
It may strike some readers as
strange to hear tooth decay called
a disease. 1t is caused by certain
germ, just as measles. typhoid fever
and "fiu" are caused by their own
specific bacteria, or germ.
These germs which cause tooth
decay are always present in the
mouth and it Is only necessary for
them to find a suitable lodging
place to begin their work of de-
Struction.
This lodging place usually is be-
tween the teeth or in the deep
creyices and grooves on the chewing
surface of the back teeth.
Burrows in All Directions
One of the strange things about
tooth decay is that it only makes a
small opening in the outer covering
of the tooth enamel, yet once inside
the tooth it burrows out in all di-
rections. making a funnel-shaped
area with the point of the funnel
always at the outer surface of the
tooth.
This is why we urge every one
to go to the dentist twice a year
for examination. If this is done,
these cavities can be detected and
filled when very small and this
means less tooth structure lost, less
pain and less expense.
When your child is around 6
years old, just about the time he
starts to school, his first permanent
molars erupt. The chewing surfaces
of these teeth have very deep
grooves which afford a fine lodging
place for the decay germs to start.
Teeth ImperfectIy United
Frequently there is already a
these grooves when the tooth
erupts. This is due to emperfect
Qualification or uniting of the tooth
BY taking your child to your dem
fist he can detect these places and
fill them before decay can gain
foothold.
Loss of teeth practically ruins the
mouth for we will have a shifting
of the teeth which brings about alb
normal occluSion, pyorrhea and a
long list of other troubles.
Mothers with younger children
should know about the Importance
of the baby teeth. These little peo-
pie are right at the age when they
are doing most of their growing.
and need well-chewed, nutritious
food more than at any other period
of their lives.
baby needs no teeth because
he lives on milk alone, but from the
time he changes over to solid food
he needs teeth, and must have
them.
Now if We ignore and neglect
these baby teeth. the child can not
chew his food until the permanent
teeth come.
Watch for This Mistake
The blame for this mistaken idea
ABOUT DaDy teeth rests equally on
the parent and the dentists. II
you will take your child to your
dentist and insist on these baby
teeth being fixed properly, you viii
make an investment that will pay
dividends in years to come.
Early loss of the baby teeth
causes another evil aside from the
inability to chew the food
The jaws fail to develop properly
and consequently when the perma-
nent teeth do erupt they are
crowded together and the child had
mal-occlusiOn, Or crooked teeth. /"
and also a poorly formed jaw and
face
Just a surely as a sewer empty
ing into the city's water supply
would carry infection and disease
all over the city. an abceSsed tooth
draining into the blood stream
sends infection and disease all over
the body.
You can not expect your child
to be well, full of energy, gain in
weight, and keep up his work at
school with his blood stream full
Of germs from bad teeth.