DECAY OF TEETH IN CHILDREN.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3501, 12 June 1920, Page 7

DECAY OF TEETH IN CHILDREN.

AR'l‘lCLl') 1’ LIBLLSHLZI) LI .\’l)]:}B: THE AL' 'l‘l~l( )RJ_'l‘ 1' U 1“ 'l‘liL2 hi) U CA’l‘l(.h\' L) Lg‘l’:\R-'l‘.\l,li~.\l'.L‘.

Of all problems relating to public health and cflicicncy the pi-gvwtion of the decay of the "teeth is second 1.0 name in inlport:zlm:o. [ts causes nluy be divided into two gl'ollps—-—thosc loading to poor stl'uctln'o, softness, and '.\\'oak i'esi.~'rauce’ to decay on the part .of the lecth themselves; and those which bring about uonditidhs in the imiuuth Unit are injurious to teeth of even the ui.ost resistive type. Both sets of c;ulse3’ial'o 9SSL‘lll'i{llly mzxtters of 11u1‘1'itim1 :i;zl-L’: C:‘;\*t'. and are Jilastly pl'<r\'clll‘iblQ. CAUSES OF DECAY.

It is the object. of i'il_i.\‘ an-tiicie to (‘Nil :Itl'eilti(,»n to simie c=.luse.~' of the _\,Nom_l g.l.om_._ De(t2~.y is ininieclizitoly due to the i"'emient:ltioli of .~:t:ll'c]iy 211.231 sllg:iry r's.u):’l in the i:revie.cs of the ‘ i teeth, This fei'inenl*.;ltion gives rise to fin miiii. anal ‘(his acid i;<solve>' thoi iimc of the enmiiei. and eventually ea7sA[llrollg'il it, exposing ‘(he sol'tei' parts of the tooth to gernis of decay. .\s lung 21>‘ the enamel is iimict, Lleimy is iinp(-ssiiiie. Has it been :in (;\'Ql'sig}|l‘ ii:-._ the pair of iizituru tliut this zlciei-foriiiiiig fe2'ni<~?iit:ll'ioil .<houl«li itzilw plate, and (i'L‘S['l'o_)' the enznnei‘? .}{u! A study of the function and l(';QmI;()5iti()n Cf HlO Silli‘.'il .\.‘}.lU\\’S tilt“.i this is not so. E Tin: USE OF THE S.-\L]_\'.\. ', I-lezultliy .<uli.va. has the I><_>\\'«;.‘l' Uf diLgestiiig and (li>:sul\‘ing am}, thui'e.{'ul'e, , of gjleansing from tire teeth _jn.~'l: that !kind of food. \'.'hiu.-h Llildei'goi‘.~' ucid_ E f(‘l'Il1L‘l11:HiUI‘-.. 9.1011. .~':lli\':i is nlknliiie, i and I'llei'efex'e at UI1(’(‘ llCLli'l"B.li.\'(‘s any izicid Ih:i’l' is fornied (bet'u-re the I’<~r-i ii n)@lltillvg fuod is \'.':i.~'he«‘i a\\';iy_). ’.L‘he.<e‘ 1 two pi'o}>ei'fie.~' of The sali\".l, if siiffi-' in-in-nl‘l_\j Imwefini. >'i‘.oLliti efl’er3tll'.lily il»i‘e\'llt‘ decay. ‘Wily then, does decay meciir.’ ’l‘hLi reason is found to :1 grezit extent in the food.<. we eat. il‘.‘l“l:'l'l("l‘.\' o}‘ DllE‘Fl:lßEi\"l‘ 1"()ODS I ON THE FLOW OF b‘ALIV.-\. _ i it is found that _eert:lin I’uod.~' h:l'\'e' i the «-il'wrt uf eaiisiiig an zibundiliit‘ flow of >'l'l‘Ullgi_\' -.1:-.ti\‘e s:lli\':l———stl'orig in its |digo.~'t;i\'e find cleansing power, uml strong in its ‘anti-zleid pi'opel'tie:<. i()!1i(>i~< ha\'(- «,1 reverse effect. Apples ; unul oi':i.iif__:es‘ and other acid fruits are I the xnosr. poxverfiii of the former c1:1ss; I 114- iartm‘ i-.~.»iisist;~' of ll!OSi' of the more l‘iiiml<~i'ii, :\l'tifi(:i:.lll_y retiiied and manuJ['il(‘i'lll'<_‘d f<>o»i.<tufl’;<_ which in more w:l_y.s than one are undernlining the p]lysiqlli- .'.lHl_l health of civilised "peoples. EVILS OF AR-'[‘IC‘IFIAL FOODS. S_uch foods are an overabundance of .~'11e;:11'. e.~'l-eeially in the form of .<\n-eis. (tlmcolate being the most deleferious of these; biscuifs and breads nmdo from white flour; and other overrefined .-:t:u'ull_v foods_

All these foods besides checking the flow of 's:lli\'zl, art‘ pasty, and readily stit-k to the teeth, and at the szl.me time aw u:l.~'il}' t’£~l'montable, quickly giving rise 11.1 tiny destructive lactic

acid. Such foods also are deficient in nlinm‘u} s:llt.s', whirrll'al'e essential for the blli](lin:z_' of bones and teeth, and in the nmrv viral‘elolnoms of nutri-. tiun, known as \'ir:unino.’<, which play su<']l’ :1 m'on~.incut* part in healthy

,Q'ru\\'l'}l . THE V.~\l'.["l'l OF FRUIT.

To L'Ul‘!‘(‘(‘f this t-hocking of the pro-tw-tiw merirm of tho stxliva more acid fruit .\'l_l(-II =.~..< :IpM(‘.< and oranges should be eaten at tho (:l().<C of a meal. An apple. or [>il‘(‘(‘ of apple, eaten at the 01141 of :« 1110211 (-:111.~:es :\ copious flow of :<lmngl)' {l('liV(‘ >':11iV:1. Fruit, how('\'m', is to m:ln_v-——ospoci:llly to those with lan-gwm .f';uniliv.s‘ who most require it—‘:x t’mu_l of [\l'ohi})iH\-‘O expense.

TH. [<l FRY I'l‘ .\(T'ID MOUTH VVASH. A, fnnit-:1('i«1 muut'h wasll, an artifiviul I'ol-In of or:1I1gv juice, on the lines rm-.onnn«-ndcd by I’mt’essol° Pickerill, has :1 siunilur Gfl"c('t‘ in stimulating‘ :1 <<l(-:m.~:i.n;: finw of s:11i\’:1. It is very ('I1U:1p and (‘}‘:il4]l‘(‘ll like it: immgnsc-Iy_ In vonnwotiun \\'i‘Lh the medical inspection uf school L-hi‘!Th'(‘u«. *fhi.< mouth \\'2l.<l| is hn-in_L‘ rm-munlmlde(l. Fruit, it must not be I'()l',9;t‘>fTml, has m}wr \':llu:thl(_- lnl‘n}wx'ti«-.~' us :1 food bvsidvs its (alezxnsingv of‘i'o4"r in the mouth.

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Tooth ln'u.~‘ll drill. (‘()Hll)lHt‘<l with tho usv of,‘ 1111:: \\'2l>‘ll. is about to be instirutwl in all S(‘ll(,N.>l,_\‘ tl)l'uugllout' the Dominion. ll i.’< ol)l':1iI1z'.bl(3 in dry Fm-nu’, to l,)(‘ .\‘li:ll\’l‘Il up \\'ifll water, f’rum all (-l|('lni.~Ai>‘. and an oxplzlllut():'_'y' It-z:fi<‘-1 with (.li1'PC'll()l1>‘- is put up with mwll Im<-l<:1;_;'v. It i.~< u.<wl .~:«.'p:1rut01)', or in <:onjunotinn with the lmxshino: of the tcetll. ‘

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I 1; is :1 well ()sf:l})li.~']mJ fuci that lh(‘l’(.‘ is \\'iHlulll omzopfion no other f’u<=fm- whir.:.}l (Hl'(‘Lltl_')' um! indirecfly cullsvs so mm-h flisml.<(e and il]-}w2l]l_}l as d(‘.(':xy of tho Ir-oth.

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Inn.~'t v:lluable asset :1 person can avvr po.<.~'.o.<s. I’:lron’rs can :l.\,'Si>‘l' gwzltly to this very d(‘sirablc end‘ by seeing that full effect is given to H10:-lbove suggestion.<.