KEEP YOUR TEETH HEALTHY

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23055, 4 June 1938, Page 9 (Supplement)

KEEP YOUR TEETH HEALTHY

CUNSHINE has a potent effect on teeth as on every other part of the human body. In a study of 4745 American naval recruits Commander R. R. Ferguson found 17 times as many perfect sets of teeth among country boys as among city boys. The teeth are so all-important that we de well to remember that teeth with faulty enamel have tiny pits and fissures which act as traps for fermenting food particles. To prevent acidetched cavities we must build up by proper diet a hard-smooth enamel. Plentiful daily drinks of a juice such as orange, lemon, grapefruit, or tomato ar« a help to sound teeth, while experiments on schoolchildren show that constant candy-munching

dissolves enamel, roughens the teeth, and starts cavities. Here are five very good rules for tooth health: 1. Take a quart of milk a day. 2. Drink fruit juices. 3. Take sun baths. 4. Avoid excessive sugar. 5. Brush the teeth three times a day. It is good, and not painful if you do it as a habit, to visit the dentist every six months, however good your teeth may seem to be. This avoids pain, because the early discovery of defects enables painless correction to be made