lit a letter on dental decay to Wanganui Herald a correspondent wta ■■ sigfls himself "Naturalist,"• says: "Tfo-. animbusly experts declare that sugaf, \ sweets, etc., are the cause of dWiiSrt;. teeth. I am not in a position to 4®*s pute that, hut I am wondering that of us have any teeth left to tell tMftS tale. Assuming that sugar, etc,, 1» Wt'-' cause, how can it be accounted for some children's teeth decay in and never mature as milk te?th Mtojfci before a parent would trust » toiwy| with sugar or swwts of any desoriptiMlt%? Again, there are several people in vanced years with imautlful teetlj their own and many of then used a tooth brush in their life, it follow that the latter never WV' sugar or sweets? I know diffemtak. they have. It appears to me that is no more the cause of decayed . WKpk' than it is of b»ld heads Wji we»E m* sijeht.". " •
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Taranaki Daily News, 11 September 1920, Page 5
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