LADIES’ TEETH.

Dunstan Times, Issue 963, 1 October 1880, Page 3

LADIES’ TEETH.

Bad as Australian ladies’ teeth are, and busy as dentists And themselves here, the American ladies are even worse off. An exchange says: -“Americans have, unquestionably, more perishable teeth than the English, probably than the French or the Spanish. But whether they have worse teeth than the mass of Italians, Germans, lln-sians, or other races is by no moans certain - The common people, even many of those in tolerable circumstances, in other lands, neglect their teeth, rarely going to a dentist. But here, as a rule,

almost everybody depends on art to make up fpr the ravages of nature. This is clearly shown by' the tact that not less than 12,000 dentists, or one to every 4000 inhabitants, tied employment in the United States. A prominent dentist has lately published an article in which he declares that about half ii ton of pure gold—representing some •jOO.O'lOdol—is annually used for filling teeth in the Republic, and that nearly four times as much material of a cheaper sort, Silver and the like, is used for tlio same purpose. Ho estimates that only three centuries would be nee led to put all the gold coin now ill circulation in the country —loll,OOO.OOOdol—into graveyards by tilting the teeth of different generations. He also says that almost 3,000,000 artificial ttreth are made or mounted on various kinds of plates every year, and that out of ail average of 80 persons of all classes here the estimate is based on carefully prepared statistics—only one person has perfectly sound teeth. The statement is not pleasant ; but, conceding its truth, if we do not like it wo can hardly resent it by showing our (own) teeth.” fu Sydney and suburbs I believe that the real cause of bad teeth is.the absence of lime in the water we are supplied. A lea ling Sydney dentist, however, attributes the great decay to fruit eating, and in support tells me that the most of his customers are front Hunter’s Hill and Parramatta Paver generally', and that at the beginning of the orange season. Gipsy