Show PREVENT PREVENTATIVE A TIVE DENTISTRY Copyrighted by the American Acad cad Academy emy my of y Is Traffic Tic Congested in Your Mouth Study of Germs in the Mouth 1 If some people could examine the interiors of their mouths with the aid of a they would probably be horrified It is said that in for mouths there are by approximate census germs Think of it eight hundred million Its a good thing germs are soI so tin tiny isn't it commented a boy who I read this Right but even en tiny things cause caust a lot Jot of trouble Germs cause all aB the infectious diseases In a clean mouth there arc only onh from five to eight million germs in residence A great difference be- be between be between tween a few millions and eight hun hun- hun hun- hundred hundred hundred dred million And very much safer for the owner of the mouth How soon do people acquire germs in the mouth Are babies born with them 1 No babies are not born with bacteria in the mouth but within about six hours after birth they are always ahva s 's present Madame or of Pasteur Institute in Paris in 1915 published the results of her hel studies on this subject She found that from Or 11 p until old age li life e sixth sw hour of the and death the of germ g-erm made up upa a special i kind cent of the germ popo about 50 per mouth So Other types of of lation of the h present Other Ordin- Ordin organisms are arc also brushed d and or ore if t tand the nd teeth in in good go health and d if iris and in kept clean kept healthful the gum gun tissues are of germs number o the minimum mouth doWhen do tritium little harm live in the teeth and gums and When however kept in a healthy are not of throats number 0 the condition as IS II a constant be present germs may and life menace men to health to rid the mouth It It is impossible im of these germs entirely and it is is necessary It is possible down to the thc s to keep the number minimum to wait for teeth need One does not w infants infant's mouth to to o appear in M an cleanliness of K for Uce take precautions nursing baby would mouth A A the washed ac- ac according gently mouth his have instructions instructions physicians physician's cording to the The nip nip- nipple feeding before every to be washed prior first feed pie should first pc the ing also From V it the t should be be I tooth y appears MU chUd grows the I the As day the every ery rule of cleaning morning morning and teeth ee every ry going goins to bed before every night established It Itis should be it is practical to is isto better where er the cleansing or orthe o othe addis routine add to this meal every ery the teeth after which should be es- es established established Another habit visit to the dentist This IMS is the should should regular and be b be commenced c continued continued with the baby throughout life me mouth in the Traffic congestion decay teeth later spells sooner or of the loss of oi teeth teem poisoning p or of health tern reduction disease of aU all a sorts sofas and often often- ity to of life liCe shortening |