DENTAL DETRIMENTALS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 133, 3 July 1909, Page 3

DENTAL DETRIMENTALS.

LITTLE DEFECTS THAT Mffa HE BEAUTIFUU. J Orthodentin is the science of W 1 :ct " mg the positions of the teolhl* '■* »wSdays they arc moved about i„f> i»«' as If tliey were so ma,ny beet« i»» !»r----den. The result of this lootli-ijes ing is to transform a hideous face W! >ne of comparative beauty. ■ Those who make a speciality M>f tlimoving point out that inegulaW^ l '- »ent teeth arc responsible "for | '"'go part uf human ugliness. • 1 ' For instance. King Alfonso A > >ain would be quite a good-looking 4 rlign and incidentally a much healtT one ■ f his teeth met. But his lonl Beth m front project outside his iipn} <*«.'• EVERY TOOTHE SETS \Tt 1 ANGLE. * * | During childhood the nialfol ty"™ of the jaw which cause all thel ' 011S types of countenance develop J X is during this period that the coW™"' are to be made if possible. V In later years, even after 4'etc matnrity, the teeth can be movcß'f ut ' though the process is slower an#»'dcr and the results are not so good! Nature meant every tooth to It it a certain angle and for its grini",; or cutting surface to correspond tpf pimiJar .cutter or grinder in exact onr&tion. But the deciduous teeth come t Sometimes crowding one another am Piling Nature's plan. If thev eft out properly and the jaws star-light, trouble may begin in the~forra oj/<ecay of certain teeth. ' ;i.

If the teeth arc filled and ip i». order this decay cannot affect tie lines of the face. If the parent neglects the child and lets one or two teeth jjpijratil they become mere wrecks or jattfet be pulled, then distortion of the tie* begins. Into the holes left by the'decayed teeth the neighboring ones leal Imore and more. If nothing is done about it,-*<U'aw stops growing outward to give rjom ■or the growing teeth and the 'pernanent teeth to come, and uses instead tM gaps left by the decayed! teHh. When this happens in the lower Jaw the child grows up with a rat-like lice. The upper front teeth project flrlniinently, while the under teeth fill far behind theni. The lower lip, bcikl bus too long, is usually bent doubleifcring a weak look to the mouth. >T Where the opposite occurs, the liver teeth project beyond the upper, rfjin"a sullen, bulldog expression to the I untenant. The lower lip sticks out 'i ove and beyond, giving the bulldoo- tyfc of visage. '

When the teelh are once in pnper position in the child's head, a Sew changes in the dietary-will assist: Satiu* greatly and make the visits tc the dentist far fewer. , If the meals of the .children are lide to end with an apple or some fibW substance which scrapes and cleansiho surface? of the teeth, they will live little chance for decay. ! PRESENT-DAY PARENT'S TO( NEGLECTFUL. Primeval man and his children iiid no prepared food nor sugar nor s*et flnnks. When be ate anything sifect it was such a thing as gnawing stjar cane, in which the fibre vigorously follshed.his teeth. Of course, he occaspnally got a meal of honey, but that cine in the way of a-windfall and doubtess not often enough to hurt his teeth. - Several prominent-scientists plead for a few hours of the schoo Icourse to be devoted to education of the, children) in the care and importance of their teei. The average parent is not the perton to give this instruction, as shown jby the fact that they not only neglect t'fci'r own, but pay no attention to their Ail?oXhI th,,ntiltheycomi,to !| ft «PuII it out" is the time-honied remedy fo r troubles of the teeth. This is about as reasonable as inflicting cipital punishment on every woman iho complains of a toothache I Nature intended the teeth to be soind and intact in both sexes at. the age of eighty years, and this can actually be h,e ™ d , b -Y fnl!o «-ing simple ruleslof mouth hygieno.-Homc papier. :