Prevention of Toothache

Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 December 1915, Page 3

Prevention of Toothache

■With few if any exceptions toothache can be prevented by simply giving tho proper caro to the teeth and keeping the mouth ill a clean healthy condition. This means a visit to the dentist at leatst once end better still twice a year to have the teetJi carefully inspected uud also cleaned and any tartar or stains removed. This will enable tho dentist to discover any beginning diecay. The decaying substance l*. scraped and ground away until the healthy sound tooth substance is readied, and then a stopping is applied which for all practical purpflßes restores the tooth and makes it sound once more. But'it is always best to consult a properly qualified destist and ol there is any doubt about this the family physician will be able to give the necessary information. Unfortunate ly on account of the laxity of tfhe law anyone oaii" put up a. sign and claim to treat teeth, no matter how ignorant or incompetent he may be. Although it is true that some unqualified won are good mechanics, still, they always lack the proper medical training and understand but little of the pathology of the teeth aud the mouth and ore therefore in a double sense unqualified to deal with" teeth in an efficient way. Many put off going to the dentist because of fear i pain, but nowadays there is little or no excuse for modern dentistry has been so wonderfully perfected that both stopping and entraction are practically or entirely painless m the hands of a skilful dentist. if there is any res souable chance ot saving the decayed tooth have it properly stopped and do not allow it to be removed. Even it" the crown is more or less completely destroyed a new crown is readily supplied by the dentist and properly stopped teeth or crowned teeth are always superior to a plate of talse teeth. Few people possess teeth that could not last a lifetime provided they receive reasonable care and attention.—A. jj. I Ken, M.D., in Good Health.