BAD TEETH
NATIVES OF TAHITI
Natives living in the Pacific Islands are generally regarded as having good teeth, but according to a passenger who arrived by the Makura yesterday that idea does not hold good in its application to Tahiti. Mr. A. G. Stewart, of Sydney, who has been visiting Papeete on Seventh Day Adventist business, was disappointed to find such a fine race as the Tahitians with bad teeth.
Mr. Stewart said that many of the Tahitians had their front teeth out, and that spoiled their appearance. If the cause were traced it would be found that Tahitians today were living on a big percentage of imported food. The natives were buying the white bread made by Chinese, and they drank tea and put'perhaps three and four spoonfuls of sugar in a cup.
There were a few professional dentists in the Society Islands, said Mr. Stewart, but he thought it a pity that some system of inspection and advice had not been introduced. The Tahitians were a fine race, a kind and responsive people, and many of their old traits were still apparent.
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Evening Post, Issue 20, 23 July 1935, Page 13
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