KEEPING THE MOUTH CLEAN.

Taihape Daily Times, 12 August 1919, Page 2

KEEPING THE MOUTH CLEAN.

' Repeatedly has attention been drawn he the very great importance on the i'general health ‘of strict attention to tdleall~'lin'cs’s in the mouth, especially ‘in connection with the teeth. Civi‘lisod man has so modified his habits in the Inatte?’of -eating and diet that lartificial proceedings have become nelcessary, which were not necessary when he was leading a more primitive I uife. It is ‘re-lnl‘2i'rkable‘hoW many appareiitly rcm=ote~ diseases have their forigin or at any rate the cause of itheir exacerbation, in a septic state of the teeth sockets, At least twice every clay the teeth should be flier: oughly brushed, not only in transverse, but in an‘ up and down direction, and this is -best done »after every meal If not too stiff a brush is used, the [gums themselves may also with ad-

gvzmtagc be gently brushed at the same gfime. By way of dentrifice to use ‘with the water, nothing is really better than fineflly powdered chalk. The amount of disillfdctallt comnlonly employed in dentrifices is Ixecessaz-ily altogether insnfficienf to act as :1 gcrmicide. Once the mouth has be-; come septic a. solution of Sani’t2ls__ol‘l lysol. of :1 strengtth one drop in five ‘roaspoonful of water, may be used. Any carious teetfi should be ‘immodiatcly be exfractod 01' filled by the dolltisf.