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New Zealand Listener, Volume 9, Issue 222, 24 September 1943, Page 13

TSSUED BY THE DEPT OF HEALTH Look after your TEETH When it comes to teeth, New Zealand is a CLASS III NATION: Children S teeth are nearly always badly decayed before they g0 to school Many people have dentures before they are grown up Many Su ffer from Pyorrhoea before middle age. WHY IS THIS 2 We have the highest proportion of artificial dentures in the world because We eat too much white sugar and white four fermenting foods We don't eat enough tooth-cleansing foods fruit; vegeta bles and other coarse Or fibrous foods We don t eat enough protective Or building foods our diet isn t PROPERLY BALANCED We don t use the toothbrush enough We don't visit the dentist often enough: HERE IS THE REMEDY : Avoid fancy foods, such as cakes, biscuits, sweets Use whole- meal bread, MORE MILK, more vegetables, more fruit, more liver , more fish. Give children codliver oil Where possible finish every meal with fruit or raw vegeta ble Use the tooth- brush morning and night; have the teeth examined at least twice a year from the earliest possible age. SAVE YOUR TEETH, SAVE YOUR SMILE, SAVE YOUR DIGESTION FOR A HEALTHIER NATION