Show i Daily Health St Service i L Right Diet Produces Nearl Nearly Perfect Teeth 1 By Dy DR MORRIS I FISHBEIN Editor Journal of or the American Med Med- ical l Association and of or the Health Magazine In an address before the section on diseases of children of the American American Ameri Ameri- can Medical association Dr Edward of Sheffield university England again emphasized the close I relationship that exists between the I diet and the condition of the t teeth eth It is now possible to produce In animals any ant degree o of perfection or orI I imperfection in teeth by different diets given during the period of dental den den- tal development development- A diet which is rich In milk egg yolk olk cod liver U oil or oi oth other r substanceS substances substances substances' sub sub- stances stances' rich In D D. D will pro pro- duc duce perfectly calcified and evenly enly arranged teeth whereas h. h a diet rich in cereals and deficient in vitamin D will produce teeth that are dull discolored unevenly ar arranged arranged ar- ar ranged and defectively calcified Dr and his wife have ha carried out studies on this subject sub sub- led for many numy years ears The They seem to o have proved conclusively el the ap ap- ap of these facts not only to experimental animals but also to human children Human teeth when attacked by caries carles respond by producing a a. secondary secondary sec see dentine A well welI formed tooth becomes carious carlous because the dietetic conditions change att after r the tooth is originally formed A badly formed tooth becomes more resistant to caries because the dietetic conditions condition arc are modified to raise mIse Its resistance A diet containing a great deal o ot of cod liver oil and eggs has a grea great calcifying action whereas one containIng con con- taming very little of D haa has ha hasL a L poor calcifying action Careful tests test made of-a of great many school children on various diets dicta in indicate in- in die ate that the evidence to the ef effect ef- ef feet that cereals Interfere with calcification cal cal- seems to have been established eat by Dr and Mrs In their work If this work Is confirmed by ex extensive ex- ex tens c observations a cOl condition heretofore extremely resistant to control will wUl have been brought under subjugation by medical science |