The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-15
Your Health
By Dr. william Brady
FUNCTIONAL EFFIcIENCY

Few school Chlluren, aS tney eWt
into their teens, have any practical
knowledge OF the conservation OF
the teeth, They vaguely believe this
depends on unremittlng attention to
the rite OF brushing the teeth, ana
aside from that they know as much
as they do about the care and teeus
inR Of infants or how 70 breathe.
Unfortunately for mouth health
and general health In America .
large part Of the dental profession.
II It does not actually approve o.
that sort OF instruction at teast
wlnks at Il, either from indifference
and faulty training or In Difference
10 and fear OF the interests that de-
pend on It.
That Is why so much childish
hokum about brushing the teeth
and so little common sense about
good nutrition and good dentistry
passes for oral or dental hygiene IN
our national present public school
health program.
The idea hope TO convey Is
simply that good teeth depend on
good nutrition and good health ana
longevity depends on good teeth,
Every day one meets people who
would Indignantly resent the i'm
putation that they are ignorant,
chlld-minded and foolhardy, yet
they are all OF these things so far
rs hygiene, health, physical and
functional efficiency and long life
are concerned, They betray their,
sorry plight every time they open
their mouths TO laugh or speak, Es-
pecially when they are so extremely
ignorant that they imagine loss or
disease OF back teeth will not
show, hence dentistry to repair or
replace such teeth Is q needless en-
T, pense.
The theme Of general or sysa
temic infection or so-called focal In
lection from septic foci or area IN
tho mouth, such as infected root
canal or an area OF infection about
n root of q tooth which has given
no noticeable trouble, Is now tamil-
lar to everybody, Perhaps II has
been overworked by quack doctors
and quaek dentists who condemn
all or many OF the Victims teeth 70
extraction Just on o blind chance
that by removing Nll the teeth some
such undetected septic focus may
be eradlcated too,
Another theme which has scarce
" permeated professional consei-
BUSINESS, not To mention the popular
mind, Is more important to young
people who have not yet gone TOO
far astray In dental or oral hygiene
II Is this;
on good teeth depends good mas
tication; on good maStication De"
ponds good digestion; on good d.
gestion depends good nutrition; on
good nutrition depends good looks
good complexion, good posture, good
figure-good health, functional eff
fieioney, longevity.
This Is theoretically sound, Prae-
tieally, ono Indispensable FACTOR III
keeping your teeth In good working
order Is GOOD DENTISTRY,
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
When o Man Has Change Of Life
Can you tell me anything good for
the filters? For three or four years
seem Do men have change
Of life or any comparable condition
ut middle age? (T. II, F. ~
AnsWer--the filters, nervous eX.
haustion, nervous breakdown, JUST
your nerves, oVerwork, nervous
strain, change OF life-all that Is
malarkey. Something n quaek can
tell gullible patient whom the
uuack hasn't an idea what really
alls the patient, and the patient
isn't difficult to string along, Dis
miss nil such silly notlOnS, and cen
suit q physician who will ut least
try 10 determines what IL tho matter
Don't offer the doctor any ready
made diagnoses of your condition.
Just tell him your present cont
plant, IN your own words, not ~
what you imagine Is the proper
medical term for II, and leave the
rest OF II to the doctor.
How Does A Know
Have been taking $4,000 units OF
vitnmin A daily for my eyes-hy"
persensltiVity TO glare. Now you say
vitamIn A Is used TO lower blood
pressure. My blood pressure IL rath~
or on the low side, How does Vita
min A know which to do? 81. T. ES
Answer--So far Us ] know Vita
min A has no effect on normal or
low blood pressure.
Copyright i94S, John y. Ollie co..
Higher Standard Now
Our baby weighed rs pounds at
birth, and at six months weighs
nearly IS pounds. We fed him.
(Mrs. r. B. 81
Answer-That was considered fair
generation ago. To-day we expect
a baby to double the birth weight
In the first three months, triple 1t
hu the nnn of six months. Raasona