CARE OF TEETH.

Hokitika Guardian, 2 June 1923, Page 1

CARE OF TEETH.

DENTAL PROFESSION'S VIEW. ' I ('! i RJS'i'CI IC Rf 11. May 2<). About 100 m,.'inkers of the New Zea I land Dental As-owa; im, from all parts of the Dominion assembled in Canter- [ in, i.v ('allege Hall this morning, when j ;he Ala.'-ir i Air i-'li r i tendered them I civic reception. .Vr O. V. Davie . 1..D.5., I thi- ('i .c. 1 Dental ('ollege. i

iirc-iib",it of lim .i-.-i , I'.imi was in the | , itair. and hricll.-. wci. ottied lla ddcAlr Davie- tla ii didivcc I ids pivsideniial add re:,.-. wiicb m.. Innial i tel;, dealt- with the hi-fury of ifm I'rnfe' - "in j f, :>m n- c.iriicd day. au<! urn- ! the j ■ad,ml evob'l i 'll of Va.i a, p.'ii- j live pro. - for aM t m-t ion d-vn in i 1t.,, painh-s and efih. i"ut m:thc:l. in ' vogue i ,-day. lb -aid D-a’ it bad l:et n i, end I hat a line'.' 1, dge of anarmny. | Irlhtrgv was e—etn ial to tao. E■t ". t <!elt ! ia! . real men f. The d- wdoiilte lit of ; X-rays had furnished invaluable ! .li:t■ ■ 11 .;• ii, aid in iheir<atuc ut of many . a ii'i'ci i-q ... til- cat!-;' of which might ; Oiil, iv. i-e !.,e doubt fttl. For many yea r- | denial profession bad been urging j that ,-ep-i- in lim nmtill: mi!- 1 a lim t in a d, ieuwioiu tu.inner the liealDt of ilm individual. A- far a- lhe majority oi

qe-lions fdl nit deal ear ;. Within I'C ~ tit years, lice,ever, there had been a great an likening, am! -erne bad ni-di-•l in i,t her ext rente-. lii all < uses, it was- the dentist who should he the jodm- a- to whether teeth should hr . M rafted or sav. ■!. N'ev.il liek'.-s Dos a -luiittla! iuq ell'i ct upait 'lent i-trv. Ii . a- r, Mi-, d lie i l.i rc-ior” di'i'cctite teeth l.i i!-• ■ f ll l l ii■ and lo prevent i'uttire 111 • 11 1,1 1 '. very aucat care mu i lie .•d-.' it in tilling. I !,e *leh, atc lialaace ,q mil ore v a '-•> mm h |.ari and parcel of iho heali b cf ihe iiuli vidual. Iha i to prevent, denial trouble entirely il was viiia-. that, tlii* standard of health must ha raised to normal, something iL.it could tint he dene in a gem ration ir jn o. lii lhe meantime, much , ottld |,e thine h.v prophylactics to improve i.he dental conditions now existing, and alniig t lies,, lim - a start had been made in m vend count ries.