The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-30
SOLDIERS NEED TEETH

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 All the flubdub and inspired prop aganda carried on in Yankeeland these last four decades, in the name of oral hygiene, dental hy- giene, or conservation of the teeth, with the acquiescence or active sup- port of the rank and file of the dental profession and no audible protest or criticism from the rank and file of the medical profession, has proved what I have long con- tended 1t is-a lot of hooey.
 The evidence on which I base this conclusion is to be found in the alarmingly defective teeth of the youth of the country today. Faulty and defective teeth head the list of causes of deferment under the &c., lective Service Act.
 Indeed 1t was nationally news worthy when a young man with a full complement of good sound teeth was discovered in group of draftees somewhere in the east. The young man said he never mad brushed his teeth and had always eaten what he liked, and that was all.
 I doubt that any real progress in conservation of the teeth will be made until the dental profession of the country gets back into the med- ical profession, whence 1t came hundred years ago and where 1t oe- longs and must eventually resume its proper place.
 The first step in this direction was taken by Harvard this year - hereafter Harvard will require dental students to obtain the de- gree Doctor of Medicine, to be phy- sicians in fact, before they can graduate from the school of den- tistry--that is precisely as it should be, but an editorial outburst in a dental journal indicates the sullefl attitude of the old timers in den- tistry. Graduates of the new course at Harvard, said the dental journal, will be neiher physicians nor den- tists but a breed disowned by medt- cine and dentistry.
 A proposal is now made to sup ply either directly through gov- ernment agencies, such as the den- tai service in Army, Navy, etc., or through civilian dentists at gov ernment expense, whatever dental treatment may be necessary to re- store to these young men with poor teeth degree of physical efficiency which will make them fit to serve as soldiers or at least in some use- full capacity in connection with na- tional defense. It would seem good economy to do so, not only for young men within draft age but also for all the youth of the land.
 Governmental health service au- thorities believe that until dental carries can be prevented, this exces- sive need for filings, bridges, etc. can best be obviated by regular care by the dentist, through in Spection and whatever treatment may be necessary every six months from the early years of childhood when dental decay first appear.
 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
 Hernia Recurred
 Submitted to operation for hernia six years ago. Now it has returned. Could the injection treatment be used when operation has already failed? (M. L.)
 Answer-Yes. Send stamped enc velope bearing your address, and ask for monograph on Hernia" (rupture, breach). If I know of a physician in yoIr vicinity who is skilled in the injection method I'll be glad to give his name and ad- dress on request.
 Family of Fans
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