The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-05

Whether dentists generally are
kept particularly busy in the months
Of July and August-vacation time
Il do not know. I do know that
In the course of these vacation
months, for many years, a greater
number of queries concerning two
subjects have come from readers
than throughout the rest Of the
year-the subjects Of girth control
and conservation Of the teeth. The
sudden interest In the former sub
ject, I have assumed, Is due to the
fact that the accessions of the past
year become so obvious in mid-sum-
mers dress or lack of 1t. But I can't
explain the midsummer interest in
saving the teeth.
In describing the instance of the
charming club woman who. was con-
tent to travel the rest of the way
minus two molars, because, as she
thought, Sheir absence would not
show, we used up our space the
other day before we finished the
story.
The woman, you may remember,
was fifty and still had vite, or as
ordinarily described, grace and
charm. She had always had regu-
lar care of her teeth-by her dem
list, of course. She had attractive,
clean sound teeth-1 mean her teeth
contributed considerably to the wo-
mans Personal Appearance.
But while she herself evidently
recognized how much well cared for
teeth-cared for by regular periodic
inspection, treatment cleaning by
the dentiSt-add to p. A. 1t was
equally apparent that she had no
proper conception Of the influence
Of good teeth or bad teeth, one way
or the other upon Personal Health.
No one who knows how important
good teeth are to health could be
content to worry along for months
or years with one or more teeth
missing from the jaw, just because
one imagines the loss Is not appar-
ent to the casual observer.
One of the friends Of the club
woman challenged her on this point.
She reminded her that the loss of
one or two back teeth would in
evitably show in the course of time,
for the inevitable change in masti-
cation would alter the development
and contour Of the jaws and face,
and the loss of the support of the
teeth would permit dropping and
following in the cheek which would
be difficult or impossible to restore
II the vacancy or vacancies were
not promptly filled by suitable
bridges or other dentures.
This appealed to the edentulous
woman as no mere health appeal
could. The picture Of a dropping,
hollow cheek changed her attitude
over night. Next day she consulted
her dentist and commissioned him
to begin construction of bridge TO
NIL the gap Immediately.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Onion Juice.
Repeatedly suffered with infiam-
nation in eyes, obliging use Of bor-
acic acid eye wash. Finally cut raw
onions into pieces, put in muslin
cloth, squeezed out juice by pound
ing and pressing. Dropped few
drops Of Juice in eyes two or three
times daily. It smarts for a mo-
ment. then smarting is over and
eyes much improved. GP0
Answer-Interesting, but I do not
understand why onion Juice should
be Of any value In the eyes.
Wheat 10 Eat.
Because Of missing teeth ] boil
plain wheat about Ia hours, then
put It through food chopper as !
use 1t as more than 50% OF my
morning meal and noon meal. Hav-
Ing used this for years. have ex-
cellent stomach and intestinal fnnc-
ton. Physician who examined me
last week l65th birthday said ]
haven't q defect. (WI.GD
AnsWef-What. did the doctor
overlook your defective fnastleating
machinery II you have managed
10 keep 50 IT with that defect. think
how much finsr your condition, your
vite, might be had YOU commissioned
your dentist 70 install suitable dem
lures 10 carry on the important
function of the missing teeth. Every
tooth lost from the mouth and NOT
replaced BY . fsnctl0nally efiieleEli
dGiltmFe should be checked on ~
ah0lI4 tina WRnKR dAdlanfn0 from ones