The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-12
WHO HAS INFLUENCE WITH
 TEEM TANNTTaTn2

THE DENT1gwB9
 1 Recently . correspondent told us here how sho had Co join lone Of the three letter associations, due to financial depression and old age (ABl :" expressed her gratitude for the Immediate attention Slae can got from one hospital # 6he cuts her finger ug has any similar emergency, and the thorough examination and excellent treatment, including Eaedi- cine and f necessary operation, she can got from another hospital if she suffers q HEacre serious illness ur Recs- dent -bnut when she has 6 toothache AIae cnR got xl0 treatment through tho relief agencies until the toosh Is iopoieasly damaged end then the first mentioned hospital will extract k.
 The correspondent, whose spirit seemed admirable in the face of ad- versitly, went on to describe the tragic plight of Q woman oe her age minus most os her t0eth trying Co get or hold 6 job, especially f one or more front teeth be missing. She just could not afford to have e3 dlls ings, she said, and 50 had been come poiied t0 lose good many teeth In tho past few years. She still hoped to get "bAek Into circulation again in . job, but 6 woEnar minus front teeth looks ike an old hag-- decidedly ropollOrt to people -aHid this digquAiifles her from Q rood many jobs she might otherwise get and hold"
 Of course I have no personal ac. qlaiEitance with CT knowledge of the correspondent. I wonder, though, what were her circuTnStances before the financial depression ard old age" overlook her, and more par. ticularly I wonder what her casual or ofShAnd ideas respecting consers vatl0n og the teeth were when ghe Was tEi better circumstances. ! BuS- pect she had tho common notion og that--tfe notion that ag icglg as the teeth that "show" are not vislhiy damaged one need not pay much attention to the condition of the back" teeth until toothaclie or other serious manifestation drives one to c dentist. This iiotion or at- tltude regarding tho care of the teeth is held by on astOnishingly large number Of people today, people who would resent being called aiiy- thing but intelligent, people who can well afford regular care by the dentist and who sqtlAnder plenty of money for dentifrtces that have no more and no less value than plain toilet soap for preserving tho teeth.
 The correspondent sald Hl1e wrote me about her plight in the hope that my inffuonce might help to i'm. pir0ve this situation that ig, the difnculty of getting dental treat. tneTit through the relief agencies that pe0vide such excellent medical and surgical treatment for people who are for the time being unable to pay for it.
 I am embarrassed by the irony Of the suggestion. My goodness, it would Dc hard to ind a physician, doctor, writer, quack, critic, Agotist, pedant, know-it-all, pilieT, dopeF, (dentoyS may insert any other Rps peilation they can think of) who hes less influence than ! have with the dental practitioners of the country. They have . fnad.on ct me which is likely to last for years and years even f never say den. tor again. Perhaps though, # I were to print . series of tlFadeg against Supplying gFatuitlous serv. Ices through such relief agencies they would bestir themselves Co do as the doctors do about that.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Painless Surgery
 Could the Rhock of plastic guFs gery, to correct sElub nose, or the pain Of t Do fetal to . peFson who iS nervous and frightened7
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