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Show 4 YOUR HEALTH 8Y OR R H BISHO. 4 4 TEETH REQUE LIME. You can brush your teeth diligently and well after oath meal and you can use ihr best of tooth powders or dental den-tal creams, but if y ou don't eat enough lime 3 our teeth will decay. For science sci-ence lia come to the conclusion that decay is brought .about by systemic changes in tho blood The blood of a person who lives according ac-cording to health common sense will contain certain special substances called ' sozins " Sozlns contain lime for the make-up Of bones and teeth. Soiiins slso are present In varing Quantities in the saliva The man having a high resistant power will have the larger amount of sozins in the saliva and consequently will have better teeth. Thus. It Is a deficiency of lime 1n the diet of the average American that is a widespread Factor In the universal univer-sal decay of teeth The average bill of faro consisting of fine flour bread, potatoes, meat, coffee, butter, sugar, breakfast foods, fruits, etc , contain less than one-quarter of the amount of lime necessary to maintain calcium balance. Dentists long ago relinquished the Idea that the toothbrush can sta de cay. The toothbrush is Important and does a great deal toward checking de cay but still more important Is a recognition rec-ognition of the causes of dental decay. To eliminate those causes requires, first, an improvement in resistance to disss BS bj improving the general health. Second, a dietary rich in calcium cal-cium so as to make sure of a high calcium cal-cium content of the saliva Such a diet includes an abundance of greens and fresh vegetables. Whole wheat cereals cer-eals should be substituted for such foodstuffs as fine flour, hominy, torn-meal, torn-meal, polished rice and various bakery bak-ery products. Milk should be freely Used, especially by growing children. Third, the. teeth should be brushed on arl-dnt' in the morning, before retiring at night and after each meal Fourth, laxative loodstuffs should be included in the dietary in order to keep free of constipation. If necessary' agar-agar and paraffin oil may be used in some form. |